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Can America Avoid an Election Crisis?

While hoping for a clean and well-administered election with minimal turmoil, Americans have every reason to fear the worst on and after November 3. Many of the risk factors associated with election violence in younger, less robust democracies around the world are now clear to see in the United States.

BRUSSELS – The 2020 US presidential election is unlike any other in living memory. Previous contests have been rancorous and some were described in existential terms. But never, at least in recent times, have Americans faced the realistic prospect of the incumbent rejecting the outcome, and rarely have partisan divisions risked escalating into armed conflict.

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