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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Jacob T. Levy

      1. People are underestimating the size of Biden's victory for reasons mentioned in this useful thread: lots of votes left to count in blue states & also historic high turnout. Combined, it looks like a higher share of voters supported Biden than supported Reagan in 1984https://twitter.com/jtlevy/status/1324408585590329345 …

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      Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy
      vote share * turnout Reagan 1984: 53.3*58.8= 31.3% W Bush 2004: 50.7*56.7=28.7% Obama 2008: 52.9*58.2=30.8% Biden 2020, estimated: 51*66 = 33.7% counted so far: 50.5*60.3=30.4%
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      2. 2020 election was double sided: a massive popular vote rejection of Trump combined with Dems' losing seats in House & falling short (so far!) in Senate. The two facts are connected: By building broad anti-Trump coalition, Biden undermined downballot Dems.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      3. Biden won his landslide by making the national election a referendum against Trump, which meant courting GOP and GOP leaning voters by saying that the problem is Trump, not the GOP. This gave Never Trumpers permission to vote for Biden but also permission to split ticket.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      4. One way to think about election is that both Trump & Biden worked to expand participation of Republican voters: Trump by bringing in more WWC (and, although evidence still needs confirming, Latino working class) voters & Biden by encouraging Never Trumpers to vote.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      5. Biden's whole argument was Trump was problem & once he's gone Dems & GOP can go back to normal politics. Also that he, Biden, is good for this restoration because he knows how to work with GOP. Given those claims, why wouldn't center-leaning voters split ticket?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Nov 2020

      6. If you think Trump was an existential threat to American democracy, then Biden's strategy was not only successful but justified. But festering centrist gridlock will itself produce future demagogues. La lutte continue. More:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-defeat-trump-democrat/ …

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        2. Ken Feinstein‏ @FeinsteinKen 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          If someone doesn’t “think Trump was an existential threat to American democracy” and that “Biden's strategy was not only successful but justified” then they are hopelessly deluded.

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        3. Ken Feinstein‏ @FeinsteinKen 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @FeinsteinKen @HeerJeet

          After all, Ivanka might have instituted Medicare for All after Trump established autocratic rule. You never know!

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        1. Mister Belvidere‏ @_InfinitePest_ 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Serious question: have you ever noticed that your tweets summarizing your articles are consistently much better written and more persuasive than the articles themselves?

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        1. Biden-Harris: For the People  🇺🇦‏ @Rick_H_CA 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Good thread, and I don't disagree with any of it. But, this was not a normal election. The CULT of tRUmp is very real, fueled by racism, white anxiety & conspiracy vulnerability. Look at tRUmp's turnout. This was all-hands-on-deck to defeat a cult, regardless of down ballot.

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        1. Fish Pimp‏ @Fish_Pimp 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @briebriejoy

          "If you thought" is weak af.

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        2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          You nailed this. The problem for the left is its presumed strategy was very high risk/reward, ie, *maybe* a social democratic policy election increases Dem wwc .+ more Latinos in TX/FL. More likely, it’s just reduces Biden’s suburban centrist tix split voters. And he loses too.

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        3. Dennis Yedwab‏ @dennisyedwab 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @yeselson

          Very important that these Biden R's look a lot like Reagan D voters in the 80's. It took them a long time for them to consistently vote down ballot for Rs (the '94 election seems to be the tipping point, I think). This is gonna take longer than people want.

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        1. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          How about a compromise? Progressives run wild in the two years before midterm elections, when turnout is low and an energized base very valuable. Then they lay low in the years before presidential elections, when thin margins in swing states can bring existential dangers.

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        2. Ross Grayson, MPH, CIH‏ @EcoLogicalNet 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @threadreaderapp unroll

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        3. Thread Reader Unroll Helper‏ @UnrollHelper 9 Nov 2020
          Replying to @EcoLogicalNet

          Saluti, here is your unroll: @HeerJeet: 1. People are underestimating the size of Biden's victory for reasons mentioned in this useful thread: lots… https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1325833875965186062.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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