The 2020 elections and the environment in which ballots were cast was not simply a referendum on the Trump administration but also a stress test for American democracy, while a global pandemic stripped away any remaining pretences surrounding the American economy, healthcare system and rudimentary social state. This report aims to examine different facets of the elections: from the electoral and governing alliances between moderates and progressives required to win to the question of how workers and union members would vote. It looked at the issues of race and politics in the American context and combating strategic voter suppression which is endemic in the US political system. Additionally, it reviews the potential of a Biden presidency for a political turning point for the USA on the one hand, and for a reinvigorated transatlantic relationship on the other hand, while also addressing the future of social democracy in the transatlantic space.