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Trump's performance is certainly better than polling suggested, or we might predict given he presided over an election year slump and pandemic.
OTOH, taking the longer view, the Republicans have now won the popular vote in Presidential elections just once since 1988.
OTOH, taking the longer view, the Republicans have now won the popular vote in Presidential elections just once since 1988.
The only Republican popular vote win in that 32 year stretch - 2004 - came with an incumbent running in the wake of America's worst terrorist attack, an outcome which briefly spiked his approval ratings to levels typically only seen in war time.
Clearly Democrats have Qs to ask themselves after under-performing (once again) against a weak & unpopular WH incumbent, and down ticket. Given how power in US is skewed towards rural states and rural areas, they need to find a way to win in such areas.
OTOH, it seems strange not to see more criticism or reflection on the dysfunction of the US right, where a toxic and demogagic figure was able to take over a party which has struggled to build a majority coalition at the top of the ticket since the Reagan era.
