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    1. J. Kelly Nestruck‏Verified account @nestruck 6 Nov 2020

      I didn't think Biden was 2020's guy and I felt the Dems were too timid on policy. But, now, seeing how hugely popular Trump remains, I think they made the right call. Has any incumbent president lost* while increasing their vote before? Not Bush, Carter, Hoover or Taft. *🤞

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2020
      Replying to @nestruck

      Or maybe Biden ran a bad campaign which ended up much closer than it should have been and almost any other Democrat would have been better?

      56 replies 8 retweets 193 likes
    3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 6 Nov 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @nestruck

      Every Dem other than Booker, Bullock, and maybe Buttigieg would have gotten demolished.

      9 replies 0 retweets 34 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2020
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @nestruck

      Meh. Dems twice ran the same campaign against Trump with poor results (losing electoral college narrowly once and winning it narrowly the second time). Maybe that shows the limits of this approach. Main advantage of Booker etc is they wouldn't run zombie campaign.

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    5. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 6 Nov 2020
      Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki @nestruck

      I doubt it will be narrow when the dust settles.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2020
      Replying to @mattzollerseitz @JamesSurowiecki @nestruck

      Not narrow in popular voter -- it's a massive repudiation of Trump. But in electoral college terms, very close states made the difference.

      2:55 PM - 6 Nov 2020
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        1. AT‏ @atsitsos 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          And who do you presume would have expanded the map @HeerJeet

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        1. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki @nestruck

          Well, sure, but that's only because we have this weird winner-take-all system with the states. Look at electoral and popular together, and this result won't be substantially different from Republican victories in 2004 and 2016, after which they loudly claimed a mandate.

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        2. Andrei Petrovitch‏ @AndyPetrovitch 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          But then that’s an institutional problem, not necessarily a campaigning problem.

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        3. Matt Zoller Seitz‏ @mattzollerseitz 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @AndyPetrovitch @HeerJeet and

          I just get very tired of seeing Democrats look at margins like this and immediately thinking, "What a disappointment." This is an incredible achievement given the extent of disenfranchisement and suppression.

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        2. Zak Whose Topical Reference Has Expired‏ @zsitter 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          I don't think there's really a candidate-selection strategy that maximizes the EC vs. The electoral vote. Trump blundered into that in 2016, but I I don't think it's reproducible. If it were, it would probably mean running away from "coastal liberalism."

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        3. Zak Whose Topical Reference Has Expired‏ @zsitter 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @zsitter @HeerJeet and

          Possible that a more progressive candidate would've outperformed Biden, but equally so that the "Biden riots" strategy would've done actual damage vs. a Bernie or Warren.

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        2. Christian Sporleder‏ @CASporleder 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          Re closeness in EC terms, this victory will be by a larger margin (presuming 306-232) than Nixon, GWB I/II, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, JFK, and Trump. Just below Harry Truman. Perspective.

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        3. Christian Sporleder‏ @CASporleder 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @CASporleder @HeerJeet and

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_Electoral_College_margin …

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        2. Aaron Stagoff‏ @aaron_stagoff 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattzollerseitz and

          Also, didn’t Bullock just lose by 10?

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        3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 6 Nov 2020
          Replying to @aaron_stagoff @HeerJeet and

          In a state Biden lost by 16 and Hillary lost by 20.

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