This week, Covid-19 dominated news and social media around the world. The severity of the crisis — as well as the reliability and quality of reporting — varies greatly across media sources and from country to country. Wading through complex and contradictory masses of information is difficult and unsettling, even just sticking to the US. One thing is for sure: the US must find proper measures to contain the crisis. President Donald Trump – running for a second term – is trying to demonstrate leadership while the election campaign continues under strained circumstances and is concentrating on stabilizing markets and closing borders. At the same time, his opponents and critics call for rapid medical crisis response measures (Hillary Clinton) and social action (presidential candidate Bernie Sanders). In fact, these different calls – roughly divided along party lines – are the culmination of long raging debates about the nature of democracy and its compatibility with capitalism – or are simply a sign of America’s “brokenness.” In the midst of these debates, another, larger question is beginning to be asked: might the mounting crisis may eventually curtail or delay the US elections. It remains to be seen whether the crisis’ potential impact on voting – whether the elections will be suspended or delayed – will also divide along ideological lines.