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.
乔•拜登(Joe Biden)在美国总统大选中取得了压倒性胜利。这位民主党人获得的巨大领先优势很大程度上平息了人们对美国民主未来的紧迫担忧。令人沮丧的是，可以预见，唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)将利用一切可能的手段寻求推翻选举结果。但在大选投票结束后的两个月，美国的制度展现出了稳健性。各级法院都驳回了特朗普试图推翻大选结果的、缺乏法律根据的努力。政府官员——其中许多是特朗普所在的共和党的成员——履行了各自的职责，支持民主和法治。