Your basic two-part STS (Stick to Sports) analysis of why Biden won:
1. Coronavirus
2. Trump's chickens coming home to roost after five years of insults and horrible comments. To wit:
a) He ripped venerated John Lewis and Lewis' Georgia "crime-ridden" district. If Biden...1/4
1. Coronavirus
2. Trump's chickens coming home to roost after five years of insults and horrible comments. To wit:
a) He ripped venerated John Lewis and Lewis' Georgia "crime-ridden" district. If Biden...1/4
.... holds on in Georgia, Lewis' district in Clayton County will be the difference.
b) Trump constantly shredded cities, especially those with large Black populations like Philly, as anarchist-run zoos. It backfired. Black people came through in big numbers (in no small ... 2/4
b) Trump constantly shredded cities, especially those with large Black populations like Philly, as anarchist-run zoos. It backfired. Black people came through in big numbers (in no small ... 2/4
... part because of Stacey Abrams, BTW). And voters in suburban Atlanta, Philly, elsewhere rolled their eyes at Trump's dog-whistled claims that Biden would stick Black projects in their neighborhoods, and voted heavily blue.
c) After years of insulting Native Americans ... 3/4
c) After years of insulting Native Americans ... 3/4
.... with his Pocahontas slur of Warren, and venerated John McCain, Biden on the verge of winning Arizona. Native Americans voted 97-3 for Biden, who would be first Dem to win Maricopa since Roosevelt in '40. There's a lot more, but I have, like, sports to do. 4/4
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