11-13-2020, 01:14 AM
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Kamala D. Harris Democratic 77,914,568 51.02% 279 51.9%
Donald J. Trump Michael R. Pence Republican 72,518,998 47.49% 217 40.3%
Donald Trump's totals did go up from 71 million, but President-Elect Joe Biden is up more than five million votes over Trump, and more importantly has clinched more than 270 electoral votes. The only way in which Trump can win is if does something so egregious as to disqualify enough votes in enough places that he could swing (and at this point I do not see how he wins Arizona or Georgia as well) 37 or more electoral votes his way.
What Trump, his associates, and his campaign have done are insults to the values that underpin our constitutional republic.
The only gains that Trump made among Hispanics that made a difference in a swing state were those in Florida, where his campaign sought (with some success) to smear Joe Biden as if he were a socialist admirer of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro. That is most likely in the Big Lie category, something that one gets away with when one uses it at the most opportune moment -- when it strikes them before they have time to think about it, which this time meant just before the election. On the other hand, Trump lost Arizona in part because of a fast-growing Mexican-American segment of the electorate. Colorado, which also has a large Mexican-American population, went from being in contention to out of range. Republicans might sweat Texas for reasons other than brutal summer heat; it took a 4% or so swing from 2016, again because of demographic change.
Donald J. Trump Michael R. Pence Republican 72,518,998 47.49% 217 40.3%
Donald Trump's totals did go up from 71 million, but President-Elect Joe Biden is up more than five million votes over Trump, and more importantly has clinched more than 270 electoral votes. The only way in which Trump can win is if does something so egregious as to disqualify enough votes in enough places that he could swing (and at this point I do not see how he wins Arizona or Georgia as well) 37 or more electoral votes his way.
What Trump, his associates, and his campaign have done are insults to the values that underpin our constitutional republic.
The only gains that Trump made among Hispanics that made a difference in a swing state were those in Florida, where his campaign sought (with some success) to smear Joe Biden as if he were a socialist admirer of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro. That is most likely in the Big Lie category, something that one gets away with when one uses it at the most opportune moment -- when it strikes them before they have time to think about it, which this time meant just before the election. On the other hand, Trump lost Arizona in part because of a fast-growing Mexican-American segment of the electorate. Colorado, which also has a large Mexican-American population, went from being in contention to out of range. Republicans might sweat Texas for reasons other than brutal summer heat; it took a 4% or so swing from 2016, again because of demographic change.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
