Joe Biden won a decisive victory in the US presidential election. The size of the Democrat’s winning margin did a lot to calm immediate fears for the future of American democracy. It was depressingly predictable that Donald Trump would seek to overturn the result, by any means available. But in the two months since the vote, US institutions have demonstrated their robustness. Courts at every level have rejected Mr Trump’s meritless efforts to overturn the election. Public officials — many of them members of Mr Trump’s Republican party — have done their jobs, supporting democracy and the rule of law.
喬•拜登(Joe Biden)在美國總統大選中取得了壓倒性勝利。這位民主黨人獲得的巨大領先優勢很大程度上平息了人們對美國民主未來的緊迫擔憂。令人沮喪的是，可以預見，唐納•川普(Donald Trump)將利用一切可能的手段尋求推翻選舉結果。但在大選投票結束後的兩個月，美國的制度展現出了穩健性。各級法院都駁回了川普試圖推翻大選結果的、缺乏法律根據的努力。政府官員——其中許多是川普所在的共和黨的成員——履行了各自的職責，支持民主和法治。