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klook

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6. I agree. I'm very happy with the election results.

Reply to Lysol2020 (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 18, 2020, 03:51 PM

Nov 2020

Reversing the deficits in the midwestern states and overcoming all the Republican treachery, in the middle of a pandemic, took a herculean effort. And I don't think the author is saying the Dems did anything wrong. (I'm certainly not.)

It's just a reminder of how the Electoral College constitutes a hurdle that we have to overcome to win the White House, every single time.

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We came much closer to an election catastrophe than many realize [View all] klook Nov 2020 OP

We also came much closer to a Presidential Nomination catastrophe than many empedocles Nov 2020 #1

True That. calguy Nov 2020 #4

Not sure about that JI7 Nov 2020 #10

And IF grasshoppers had six shooters, birds wouldn't mess with them. angstlessk Nov 2020 #2

This something the DNC has to work on the next two years calguy Nov 2020 #3

+1 We have to get serious about digital. Hack Falsebook and Twit the way Putin/Trump/Cambridge have lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #13

True that calguy Nov 2020 #14

This may be true but Lysol2020 Nov 2020 #5

I agree. I'm very happy with the election results. klook Nov 2020 #6

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2020 #7

another reason to ditch the Electoral College Skittles Nov 2020 #8

No kidding. klook Nov 2020 #9

Trump being an incumbent helped . Biden also didn't do a ground campaign JI7 Nov 2020 #11

Yes. Jen O'Malley Dillon and crew did an amazing job klook Nov 2020 #12