(11-06-2020, 08:05 AM)jj82284 Wrote: If current election results legitimately and fairly hold then I think that has some merit.  But this wasn't a case of Trump under performing Down Ballot tickets.  This was a situation of down ballot candidates coming in DRAMATICALLY lower than Biden in some instances.  There were millions of votes that just had Biden selected and no interest in down ballot races.  Now, I break with some on the right who think this indicates wrong doing.  It certainly indicates that there is a cross section of the Democrat Electorate that is only interested in the presidency.  That detracts a little from your overall thesis that the country consciously chose moderation.  

In reality, the margin from 2016 was razor thin in 3 traditionally democratic states, and they were also aided by a strong Green Candidate.  Both sides exponentially increased their turnout, and ultimately the biggest difference is no Jill Stein to steal far left votes and Biden put together a clear compromise with the Bernie AOC wing of the party.  Hats off to them.  

The sad part that will ultimately be washed over in the pages of history if Trump looses will be the coalition he formed.  Donald Trump will probably have the second most amount of popular votes in the history of the country more than likely edging out Obama's 2008 victory.  He will receive a greater percentage of the non-white vote than Any Republican Since Richard Nixon.  He won Married Women, He broke records with hispanics.   The list goes on.  69 million raw vote was a fever dream for republican consultants.   If he looses it took a pandemic and 2 months of early voting to push back against the strongest Dog the GOP has brought to the fight in its history.