Election 2020 is a special issue of the Yale Daily News, the Oldest College Daily, produced once every four years on Election Day during the year of a presidential election. There is no question that this year’s election is one like no other. We’ve seen record early voting turnout. We’re in the midst of a pandemic. And there’s so much more.

Our team of reporters, editors, photographers, illustrators, podcasters, videographers, designers and staffers has come together to create this issue of over 40 stories this year’s election in New Haven and beyond. 

In this issue, students, professors and experts weigh in on the critical news moment that is the 2020 election. From a voter guide to a satirical political debate and everything in between, our stories seek to answer a crucial question: How will this year’s election affect each and every one of us and our communities, and what can we do about it?

 

The following editors contributed to this issue:

 

Editor in Chief & President

Mackenzie Hawkins

 

Managing Editors

Jose Davila IV

Phoebe Liu

 

Publisher

Susan Chen

 

Opinion Editors

Miranda Jeyaretnam

Rabhya Mehrotra

 

News Editors

Valerie Pavilonis

Kelly Wei 

 

City Editors

Emiliano Tahui Gómez

Meera Shoaib

 

Science & Technology Editor

Charlotte Zimmer

 

Arts Editor

Freya Savla

 

Sports Editors

Margaret Hedeman

William McCormack 

 

WEEKEND Editors

Ella Goldblum

Elizabeth Hopkinson

Andrew Kornfeld

 

YTV Editors

Sevi Burget-Foster

Natalie Kainz

Maya Weldon-Lagrimas

Nicole Westfall

 

Podcast Editor

Allison Park

 

Data Editors

Darwin Do

Ashley Qin 

 

Director of Finance

Graham Hardcastle

 

Copy Editors

Erin Bailey

Maya Geradi

Ako Ndefo-Haven

Natalie Simpson

Katie Taylor

 

Production & Design Editors

Zully Arias

Megan Graham

Isabella Huang

Louie Lu

Annie Yan

 

Photography Editors

Zoe Berg

Ryan Chiao

Lukas Flippo

Vaibhav Sharma

Amay Tewari

 

Illustrations Editors

Dora Guo

Anasthasia Shilov

 

Tech Team

Julia Burgiel

Yaa Owusu

 

Digital Desk

William McCormack

Laura Nicholas

Eric Wang

Maya Weldon-Lagrimas

Lucy Wilkins

Christie Yu

Daniel Zhao