Three Reasons Biden Flipped the Midwest

[brooklynite]

Politico

Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania giveth, and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taketh away.

Joe Biden has not yet been declared the winner in his campaign against President Donald Trump. Although the former vice president is, as of Wednesday night, on the brink of victory in the Electoral College, with several states poised to finalize a count that would put him over the top, the race remains officially uncalled.

But while it’s too early to name a winner, it’s certainly not too early to examine some key results in the places that denied Democrats the presidency four years ago—and that now stand ready to make Biden the 46th president of the United States.

Four years ago, Trump won the presidency on the margin of three states—Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania—by a combined 77,744 votes. It was, to use poker terminology, an “inside straight,” the sort of hand that seemingly comes together more by luck than by skill.

The story isn’t that Trump’s luck appears to have run out. The story is that Biden is poised to beat him with the same exact hand.

[genxlib]

1. It's almost as if..

Letting a dangerous disease ravage the electorate is bad politics. Who knew?

Still way closer than it should have been. And for that, we will be analyzing for years.

[idziak4ever1234]

2. The question going toward is...

Will Trumpism replace what Republicans have traditionally believed? Are these mouthbreather who would drive their car off a cliff for Trump going to vote with the same devotion for a moderate Republican?

[FakeNoose]

3. To me, it's a combination of things

Willful blindness, raging testosterone, and fears of economic and social upheavals.

All of these factors lead to Chump. Education, scientific knowledge, and critical thinking beat them all down. Why do so many Americans spurn the pursuit of knowledge? I will never know, but it's a serious problem and Chump has been a master at exploiting it.