Every 4 years, voters in the United States voluntarily select their president. Since 1845 the presidential election has happened on the first Tuesday after 1 November. This year, the election date is 3 November 2020.

A constant theme of Agora over the past 4 years has been that Donald Trump is a disgrace. Hostile to norms of decency, indifferent to matters of fact and contemptuous of the idea of the public good, President Trump deserves to be cast into the political darkness. Australia and the world would be winners if he were to be the loser.

Because this presidential election – on the other side of the world – is important, we pick it as our theme this month.