1. So, I think reasonable people can agree that Trump was one of the worst presidents in American history, totally unfit for any position of authority and he presided over a disaster covid response. That leaves the interesting question of how he came so close to re-election.
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3. Trump got 11 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016. Fortunately, Biden got 15 million more votes than Hillary Clinton. Still: it's hard to deny that Trump mobilized a lot more people over time even as he presided over disaster. It's worth asking why.
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4. Polling pretty consistently showed that Trump got high ratings on economy and poor on everything else. That's due to 2 things: Fed Reserve moving to full employment policy (with rise in real wages) & robust CARES act (with UI top-up).
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5. As bad as Trump was, there are things worth copying: bullying the Fed to do full employment & low interest, generous stimulus (and sign the damn checks), & in general concrete results for supporters. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-learn-trump-economy/ …
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If it wasn't for the pandemic, he may have won.
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Impact of disinformation on a highly suggestable population, for one
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This is going to be the takeaway for every election from now until everyone currently living is gone
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If we were to give EVERY American the right to vote - make it SUPREMELY easy to vote - and maybe even mandatory and compulsory - there wouldn't be so close a gap. This exists (and he lost even with) the erroneous voting suppression and gutting of the VRA.
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