THE USA BEFORE THE ELECTIONS

Eva Nowotny, Raimund Löw, Mitchell Ash

THE USA BEFORE THE ELECTIONS
Trump versus Biden and beyond

A rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the presidency of the USA has already been decided before the primaries have even finished. The fact that Donald Trump has any chance at all of winning these elections is partly due to the US electoral system, in which the presidency is not determined by direct election but by the votes of electors from the states in the Electoral College. The question is whether and why Trump really has serious chances in this election, despite breaches of the law and legal proceedings, and how Joe Biden and the Democrats intend to secure the re-election of the incumbent president. But it is also about elections to the US Congress as well as numerous elections in the states in which majorities of votes decide. These elections will also determine the future of the country, as the country's governability is at stake due to the radicalisation of the Republican Party.

Welcome and framing
Eva Nowotny, Board member of the Bruno Kreisky Forum, retired diplomat.

In dialogue
Mitchell Ash, US-American historian, professor emeritus at the University of Vienna, academic author and editor
Raimund Löw, journalist, author and historian, is the director of Falter Radio. Before that, he reported for ORF as a foreign correspondent since the 1980s, including from Moscow, Brussels, Washington and Beijing