PBS NewsHour

Why voters should expect ‘unusual events’ this election

Clip: 09/25/2020 | 8m 22s | Video has closed captioning.

This year’s presidential election faces unprecedented challenges, between the pandemic and President Trump’s efforts to sow doubt about the integrity of voting by mail -- and whether he would accept an election loss. Is American democracy positioned to handle the threat? William Brangham talks to Barton Gellman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Atlantic, which recently covered the story.