America makes its choice: President-elect Joe Biden

[Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( Cheers broke out in the streets of America’s cities Saturday morning as, one by one, the major news outlets broke the news that [Joe Biden will be the next president](. But that jubilation wasn’t shared by the 70 million people who voted to keep President Donald Trump in office for another term, or by the incumbent, who has vowed to [challenge the outcome](. The country’s wounds — not all of them inflicted since 2016 — won’t heal quickly amid a raging pandemic, deepening polarization and profound economic uncertainty. And Biden could still be greeted by a split Congress. The work begins now — for all of us. [The Job That Awaits President Biden]( — Bloomberg’s editorial board [Biden Has Plenty of Know-How. He’s Going to Need It.]( — Jonathan Bernstein [America’s Age of Anger Is Just Getting Started]( — Pankaj Mishra [Meet Biden’s Presidential Chaperone, Mitch McConnell]( — Ramesh Ponnuru [Where’s the Blue Wave? Look in Georgia]( — Conor Sen [This Election’s Winners and Losers]( — Tyler Cowen [Democrats Counted Too Heavily on ‘Trump Fatigue’]( — Stephen L. Carter [California Ballot Propositions Defy State’s Left-Wing Stereotype]( — Virginia Postrel [To See Where Polarization Leads, Americans Could Look to Poland]( — Andreas Kluth This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a digest of our top commentary published every Sunday.  Like Bloomberg Opinion Today? [Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access and get much, much more](. You’ll receive our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](.  You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022