It's worth noting that the reported vote was exceptionally high. The estimated U.S. population of 18 and over at this point (before we have census results) runs to about 228 million. Participation in the election is currently estimated at around 159.8 million, over 20 million more than in the previous election. I don't have any state or regional background, but it seems reasonable to guess that a higher proportion of young people turned up and voted for Biden. The same in most places (but not all) in terms of people of color.
I think the Trump total was also up, more than four years ago among those who really don't follow politics or even pretend to follow politics or science or much of anything that concerns us on this list. There are many considerations motivating them. The one I hear a lot is that they genuinely resent being required to study their own way through the smokescreen put up over climate change or the ins-and-outs of Obamacare, etc. As in 2016, though, a lot of the breakdown was between cities and the countryside. On one level, Biden's victory came with his successes in the suburbs, but the more rural areas of the states remained Trumpy. This poses serious questions over the long run . . . so, absolutely nothing that bothers the Democratic leadership. Btw, in his latest interview, Biden--whose earlier essentially nixed the idea of having Warren or Sanders in the cabinet--was talking about wanting Republicans who supported Trump (not the Lincoln Project types) on his cabinet, reflecting his desire for national unity. So all you folks that voted for him rather than Trump because you didn't want to waste your vote will have the same voice in Biden's cabinet as those of you who didn't vote for him. And your vote sanctioned continued power for the people who said you wanted to be rid of . . . . So all you hard-nosed pragmatists should give yourself a pat on the back. Cheers, Mark L. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3890): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/3890 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78475963/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
