Photographers document the 2020 US Elections during the pandemic by The Visura Media Blog

Joana Scholtz, candidate for th...@arinyoon Instagram: @arinyoon

Joana Scholtz, candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives for District 40 wears her VOTE necklace, Lansing, KS

[Credit: Arin Yoon]
Based in Kansas City, Kansas
Visura: @arinyoon
Instagram: @arinyoon

A weekend of celebration after ...nphoto Instagram: @shuranhuang

A weekend of celebration after Biden's Win.

[Credit: Shuran Huang]
Based in Washington, DC
Visura: @shuranphoto
Twitter: @shuranphoto
Instagram: @shuranhuang

First Time Poll Workers Fightin...es Instagram: @juandiego_reyes

First Time Poll Workers Fighting for Democracy

As a first-time poll worker this year, Mae Tesh from Asheville, North Carolina says, "I try to acknowledge the privilege that I have to be able to work the polls; I'm pretty young, I'm not high risk. And I think this election is incredibly important. I would hate for a lack of workers that certain polling to shut polling places down, so people wouldn't be able to go there to easily cast their vote. And I think it is a passion thing because I am a political science major, but I would do it even if I had to skip classes because it's just really important to me."

Vogue worked with poll-worker recruitment organization Power the Polls to speak to eight first-time poll workers across America—from Austin to Omaha to Birmingham and beyond—about what motivated them to become poll workers, why their volunteer work matters, and what kind of country they hope to come of age in.

Photographed on Assignment for Vogue Magazine.

[Credit: Juan Diego Reyes]
Based in Asheville, NC
Visura: @juandiegoreyes
Instagram: @juandiego_reyes

Trump supporters in Malibu, Cal...hkozak Instagram: @hannahkozak

Trump supporters in Malibu, California

On the afternoon of the presidential results, a Trump supporter leads a caravan from Pacific Coast Highway into Beverly Hills with the words "Malibu Trump Train" and "Trump, Chosen by God and We the People" and "We Stand By Trump" and "Stop the Steal" on the back window.

[Credit: Hannah Kozak]
Based in Los Angeles, California
Visura: @hannahkozak
Twitter: @hannahkozak
Instagram: @hannahkozak

A girl with her father at the B...os Instagram: @photojuancarlos

A girl with her father at the Black Lives Matter Plaza as people celebrate of the news that President Trump has been defeated in the elections by Democrat Joe Biden, who has becomes the 46th president and Kamala Harris is the first woman of color to hod the vice-president position.

[Credit: Juan Carlos]
Based in Washington, DC
Visura: @juancarlos
Twitter: @photojuancarlos
Instagram: @photojuancarlos

During the 2020 lockdown and un...@susanrosenbergjones â€‹â€‹â€‹

During the 2020 lockdown and unusual confinement in my high rise New York City apartment, I turned the camera on myself to examine my day to day behavior. I am aware that others are feeling similarly. Expressing these feelings visually helps me cope with the mild depression and anxiety concerning the pandemic, politics, and quality of life going forward. In the photo above, I am writing postcards to registered voters around the country, urging them to exercise their right to vote, and giving them specific information about where and how to submit their ballots.

[Credit: Susan Rosenberg Jones]
Based in New York, NY
Visura: @RosenbergJones
Twitter: @@rosenbergjones
Instagram: @â€‹@susanrosenbergjonesâ€‹â€‹â€‹

Puerto Rico, a colony of the Un...aez Instagram: @gabriellanbaez

Puerto Rico, a colony of the United States, is directly affected by the elections in the US. Puerto Rico's government is also ruled by a two-party system. However, this year, a third of the electorate rejected this system, voting instead for independent candidates and the candidate of the pro-independence party. Many of these votes came from youth hoping to change the status quo, building on the momentum of the summer 2019 protests that ousted governor Roselló Nevarez.

[Credit: Gabriella Báez]
Based in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Visura: @baezreyes
Twitter: @gabriellanbaez
Instagram: @gabriellanbaez

Voting in a Blizzard Bethel vot...e Instagram: @katiebasilephoto

Voting in a Blizzard

Bethel voters make their way to the polls through a blizzard on Nov. 3, 2020.

[Credit: Katie Basile]
Based in Bethel, Alaska
Visura: @basile
Instagram: @katiebasilephoto

From the series "My Am...patro Instagram: @joepatronite

From the series "My Americana"

Wrapped in PPE, behind a plexiglass screen, election worker Carolyn Gillum sorts paperwork. An election worker since 2008, she was at an early voting center in Brandywine, M.D. in the Washington D.C. suburbs on November 2, 2020.

[Credit: Joe Patronie]
Tucson, Arizona
Visura: @jpatro
Instagram: @joepatronite

Defending Democracy Bursts of a...eston Instagram: @EthanAWeston

Defending Democracy

Bursts of activity are followed by periods of mostly silent waiting in the counting room of the Boone County Clerk’s Office as each polling station’s vote totals are read by the computer. “I just really enjoy the process of election administration and being a part of the core activity that keeps democracy working,” Brianna Lennon, Boone County Clerk said. “I’m exceptionally nerdy.”

[Credit: Ethan Weston]
Columbia, Missouri
Visura: @weston
Instagram: @EthanAWeston

Defending Democracy Morken Town...a: @koeck Instagram: @dankoeck

Defending Democracy

Morken Township Hall in rural Clay County, Minnesota on election night.

[Credit: Dan Koeck]
Based in Fargo, North Dakota
Visura: @koeck
Instagram: @dankoeck

Finally, on Saturday, after a w...fmann Instagram: @lvkashofmann

Finally, on Saturday, after a walk in the park and a stop at the supermarket for an election get-together with my brother, The New York Times and several other news organizations call the race. Relief follows the days and nights of closely watching this election nailbiter from Berlin, Germany.

[Credit: Lukas Hofmann]
Based in Berlin, German
Visura: @lhofmann
Instagram: @lvkashofmann

Joe Biden speaks during a campa...ges Instagram: @15images_Ronen

Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally in Los Angeles, California.

[Credit: Ronen Tivony]
Based in Los Angeles, California
Visura: @tivony
Twitter: @15images
Instagram: @15images_Ronen

In a city that’s know...Instagram: @alexander_gouletas

In a city that’s known to widely reject trump, Chicago erupted into celebration after the election was called.

[Credit: Alexander Gouletas]
Based in Chicago, Illinois
Visura: @hgouletas
Twitter: @AGouletas
Instagram: @alexander_gouletas

Trump supporters react to the B...Pjanaro Instagram: @chrispaulj

Trump supporters react to the Biden election.

Trump supporters heckle and get into often heated exchanges with Biden supporters as they drive by.

[Credit: Christopher Janaro]
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina
Visura: @janaro
Twitter: @CPjanaro
Instagram: @chrispaulj

Two people embrace after hearin..._ Instagram: @erinlefevrephoto

Two people embrace after hearing that Joe Biden is the President-Elect of the United States of America during a celebration in Astoria on Nov. 2020 in Queens, NY. Joe Biden received a record-breaking 75 million votes during the 2020 Presidential Election against Donald Trump.

[Credit: Erin Lefevre]
Based in Astoria, New York
Visura: @elefevre
Twitter: @erinlefevre_
Instagram: @erinlefevrephoto

On November 7, 2020, American n...eters Instagram: @hazardpeters

On November 7, 2020, American news organizations announced that Joe Biden had officially won the presidential election, with Kamala Harris as Vice President-Elect. Immediately, people all over the country and the world took to the streets to hail the end of Donald Trump's tenure. Despite the ongoing pandemic, downtown Los Angeles was no exception, as people danced, drank champagne, and marched through the streets for hours in celebration.

[Credit: Molly Peters]
Based in Los Angeles, California
Visura: @mollypeters
Instagram: @hazardpeters

"Count Every Vote&...a: @acohen Twitter: @cohenfoto

"Count Every Vote" protesters dance in the streets outside the Philadelphia Convention Center on Friday, November 6, while ballots are being tallied inside.

[Credit: Aaron Cohen]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Visura: @acohen
Twitter: @cohenfoto

Waiting for the results People ...yaston Instagram: @perry.aston

Waiting for the results

People from Baltimore-Washington Area gather around the White House to celebrate the announcement of Joe Biden's election as the Next President of the United States.

[Credit: Perry Aston]
Based between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Visura: @perryaston
Instagram: @perry.aston

A couple embrace at Barclay Cen...nstagram: @rengimmutevellioglu

A couple embrace at Barclay Center in Brooklyn, NY. Saturday, November 7, 2020

[Credit: Rengim Mutevellioglu]
Based in New York, New York
Visura: @mutevellioglu
Instagram: @rengimmutevellioglu

Senator Minority Leader Chuck S...sPhoto Instagram: @kevincdowns

Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer celebrating with crowds of people at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, the new President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their win. November 7, 2020, Brooklyn, New York

[Credit: Kevin C. Downs for the New York Post]
Based in New York, New York
Visura: @KevinCDownsPhoto
Instagram: @kevincdowns

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, NY-16 Congr...arado Instagram: @josealvarado

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, NY-16 Congressional District

New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.

Jamaal Bowman, founder and first principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action (CASA) a public school located in the north-eastern neighborhood, Baychester in the Bronx, speaks to a crowd of 90-110 people during a rally organized by The Young Turks’ founder Cenk Uygur, with the goal to help organize local progressive activists with the tools and literature to help educate their communities in New York City and greater New York area, at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, September 9, 2019. Bowman has taken a page out of the Bronx Progressive Democrats playbook after announcing his official run for office on June 18th of 2019, where he will be running his insurgent campaign to unseat the 30-year veteran democrat Eliot Engel in the NY-16 Democratic Congressional District, a district that occupies a portion of the Bronx and Westchester County.

[Credit: José A. Alvarado Jr.]
Based in New York, New York
Visura: @alvarado
Instagram: @josealvarado

Guns and Flags at a far-right p...e_Davis Instagram: @stevedav1s

Guns and Flags at a far-right pro-guns rally.

[Credit: Steve Davis]
Based in Olympia, Washington
Visura: @steve
Twitter: @_Steve_Davis
Instagram: @stevedav1s

A young girl celebrates Joe Bid...ra Instagram: @selected_frames

A young girl celebrates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' victory in the 2020 presidential election at Washington Square Park, Manhattan. New York City, November 7, 2020.

[Credit: Clara Pereira]
Based in New York, New York
Visura: @cpereira
Instagram: @selected_frames

Election angst ends as the stre...vamarieu Instagram: @evamarieu

Election angst ends as the streets of Washington, DC erupt in celebration over a Biden/Harris victory.

Supporters of the Democratic party celebrate Joe Biden's win as 46th US President in Miami, Florida on November 7, 2020.

[Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui]
Based in Miami, Florida
Visura: @evamarieu
Twitter: @evamarieu
Instagram: @evamarieu

Four More Years, Trump Supporte... @ros Instagram: @silviaphotog

Four More Years, Trump Supporters at Versailles, Little Havana

Miguel A. Saavedra, the founder of the organization, Vigilia Mambisa, has been a fixture in Miami's Cuban-American community for decades. He frequently organizes protests in front of Versailles Restaurant in Little Havana, and has been accused of being a paid operative of the Republican Party.

[Credit: Silvia Ros]
Based in Miami, Florida
Visura: @ros
Instagram: @silviaphotog

Covering the 2020 Elections in ...mousan Instagram: @alex_mousan

Covering the 2020 Elections in a very New Orleans fashion with a Drag Show as the results came in.

[Credit: Alex Mousan]
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana
Visura: @alexmousan
Twitter: @alex_mousan
Instagram: @alex_mousan

Protestors calling for a fair v...man Instagram: @carolinegutman

Protestors calling for a fair vote count and Trump supporters stood outside the Philadelphia Convention Center and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the days after Election Day as they awaited the state's election results. Philadelphia's streets erupted with dancing, singing and celebrating as soon as the AP called the race for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on November 7th, 2020.

[Credit: Caroline Gutman]
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Visura: @gutman
Instagram: @carolinegutman

Election angst ends as the stre...ington D.C. Visura: @ericchang

Election angst ends as the streets of Washington, DC erupt in celebration over a Biden/Harris victory.

[Credit: Eric Chang]
Based in Washington D.C.
Visura: @ericchang

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Photographers:The list below is in no specific order.

Arin Yoon

Shuran Huang

Juan Diego Reyes

Hannah Kozak

Juan Carlos

Susan Rosenberg Jones

Gabriella Báez

Katie Basile

Joe Patronite

Ethan Weston

Dan Koeck

Lukas Hofmann

Ronen Tivony

Alexander Gouletas

Christopher Janaro

Erin Lefevre

Molly Peters

Perry Aston

Rengim Mutevellioglu

Kevin C. Downs

José A. Alvarado Jr.

Steve Davis

Clara Pereira

Eva Marie Uzcategui

Silvia Ros

Alex Mousan

Caroline Gutman

Eric Chang

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