Biden wins, and we get to do this again in 4 years. Thank goodness.

A President Biden won't automatically undo the damage Trump has done in four years. But it gives the country a chance to keep striving for its ideal form. [View in browser]( [Image]( November 7, 2020 [A photo illustration shows a hand dropping a piece of paper showing an open mouth into a ballot box slot.]( With President-Elect Joe Biden's defeat of President Donald Trump, it’s worth reflecting on what we almost lost, [Hayes Brown writes](— and what needs to be rebuilt, or built for the first time. The U.S. won’t heal automatically from the last four years, nor will it be easy going forward — but now there’s at least a chance that we come out on the other side a better, stronger people. There will be no sudden transformation in January 2021. We will still be reeling from Covid-19 and systemic racism and crushing poverty and all the other ills that have converged upon us. Trumpism will live on, even if the man at its core is no longer in the White House. Now, in the present, the Trump campaign has promised to take unspecified legal action on Monday, and whatever terrors the last gasps of this administration may still bring await us. The most important part is that we will get to do this all over again in four years, as much as that sounds like a threat now, when our collective psyche is on the brink of total exhausted collapse. In four years, we’ll get to cast our ballots again, something that wasn’t a guarantee if President-Elect Biden hadn’t prevailed. It’s that guarantee of a future that is the greatest legacy of this election — the spark of hope that comes with the knowledge that we still have time to try again, to make this country actually live up to its promise. Find the full analysis at the top of Saturday's MSNBC Daily section at [MSNBC.com](. UNDERSTANDING THE NEWS [Alternate text] Top perspectives and analysis from our MSNBC columnists [A precinct official clears an automatic voting machine in Jamestown, N.Y., in 1965.]( Kevin M. Kruse [Democrats almost killed the Electoral College once. Time to finish the job.]( The margin between the popular-vote winner and the winner of the Electoral College has only grown. It's time to make a change. WATCH NOW [Alternate text] HE CAN SLEEP NOW [Kornacki explains how Biden won Pennsylvania, presidency]( [A screengrab Steve Kornacki standing in front of a digital screen showing Pennsylvania vote counts]( MORNING, JOE [Watch the moment Joe and Mika announce Biden is the projected winner]( [A screengrab Steve Kornacki standing in front of a digital screen showing Pennsylvania vote counts]( MADAM VICE PRESIDENT [Maddow: Wisdom, charisma, character, 'raw ability' make Harris well suited for VP role]( [A screengrab shows Lawrence O'Donnell in studio]( THE MORE YOU KNOW [Joe Biden's campaign manager is the unsung hero of the 2020 election]( [A screengrab shows Neal Katyal facing the viewer]( THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE [Celebrations erupt outside the White House as Joe Biden wins presidency]( [A photo of White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows talking to reporters]( LISTEN NOW [Alternate text] [Alternate text]( [Into America]( The Unfinished Election North Carolina is among a handful of states that hasn't been called in the election, as of Friday. Trymaine Lee hits the road to track the Black vote in this crucial swing state. [purple rectangle with a quote from campaign manager Brian Brokaw, which says: ''She was taking a risk... in turning down the earlier offers by the federal government... and she knew that she would be taking heat from her friends in Washington, including her friends in the Obama administration.'']( [Kamala: Next In Line]( What's Next for Kamala Harris?The votes have been cast. Will Kamala Harris be the 49th vice president of the United States? And what kind of vice president would she be? Tell us what you think. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)