The Disunited States: The widening gap that faces the winner of the US election

An election envisioned by Democrats as the opportunity for Americans to come together has instead shown more clearly than ever the divisions that have been festering for decades

Supporters of Mr Joe Biden and Mr Michael Moore, a Democrat who was running in a county election in Texas, in a face-off with pro-Trump supporters outside a polling site in Houston on election night on Tuesday. PHOTO: REUTERS
Supporters of Mr Joe Biden and Mr Michael Moore, a Democrat who was running in a county election in Texas, in a face-off with pro-Trump supporters outside a polling site in Houston on election night. PHOTO: REUTERS
Supporters of Mr Joe Biden and Mr Michael Moore, a Democrat who was running in a county election in Texas, in a face-off with pro-Trump supporters outside a polling site in Houston on election night on Tuesday. PHOTO: REUTERS
Republican Newt Gingrinch (above)
Jeremy Au Yong
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Updated
Nov 07, 2020, 11:52 AM
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Nov 07, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Through his last campaign swing in the election, former vice-president Joe Biden had a constant refrain about why he should become the next president: Unlike Mr Donald Trump, he said, he can heal the disunited states of America.

Today, as the US reflects on one of the most divisive elections in its history, it would take an extremely optimistic voter to believe that any sort of reconciliation is possible.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 07, 2020, with the headline The Disunited States: The widening gap that faces the winner of the US election. Subscribe

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