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TURFED OUT.

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ANDREW JOHNSON DIDN’T EVEN GET

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TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, HIS

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PARTY DIDN’T NOMINATE HIM.

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NOW DONALD TRUMP.

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LET’S ALSO BE CLEAR.

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IT’S NOT LIKE IT WAS CLOSE.

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OUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED

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HAS BEEN COLORED BY THE

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TRICKLING VOTE COUNTS BUT TAKE A

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STEP BACK.

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JOE BIDEN’S PROBABLY GOING TO

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WIN WITH 306 ELECTORAL VOTES

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WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

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FLIPPING FIVE STATES IN THE

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PROCESS.

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THAT’S HUGE.

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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A MANDATE,

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IT’S NOT JUST THAT HE WON MORE

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ELECTORAL VOTES, WHICH IS WHAT

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MAKES HIM THE PRESIDENT AND

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CONSTITUTION, OR MORE VOTES

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OVERALL BUT THAT HE WON AN

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OUTRIGHT MAJORITY OF AMERICANS

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IN THE HIGHEST TURNOUT OF

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ELECTIONS IN YEARS.

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THAT’S WHERE THINGS STAND.

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BIDEN HAS MORE THAN 50% OF THE

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VOTE.

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HE’S UP BY 4 MILLION VOTES AND

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THAT IS A DECISIVE WIN.

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AMERICAN POLITICS, I DON’T HAVE

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TO TELL YOU, ARE STILL EXTREMELY

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POLARIZED.

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THE MOST POLARIZED THEY’VE BEEN

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EVER OR CERTAINLY IN THE LAST

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150 YEARS OR SO.

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THERE ARE MORE THAN 71 MILLION

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AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR DONALD

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TRUMP.

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TENS OF MILLIONS OF THEM

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DISTRESSED IN MOURNING.

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THE PRESIDENT SIMPLY IN DENIAL,

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THINK IT’S ALL A LIE.

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MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

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DON’T CHANGE THEIR MINDS MUCH.

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THE COUNTRY IS WHAT IT IS.

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WE’RE ALL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT

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THE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE IN THE

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MIDDLE WHO MOVE BACK AND FORTH.

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THE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE ON THE

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SIDES WHO DIDN’T VOTE, NOW

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VOTING, CANDIDATES FIGHTING OVER

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THESE SLIVERS AND MARGINS OF THE

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ELECTORATE EVERY SINGLE

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ELECTION.

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YOU KNOW, MAYBE WITH THE

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EXCEPTION OF THE NEW DEAL

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COALITION, WE ALSO JUST DON’T

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HAVE LONG LASTING DURABLE

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DOMINANCE FOR ONE POLITICAL

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PARTY OVER TIME.

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YET WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE,

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IN SEVEN OF THE LAST EIGHT

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ELECTIONS MORE AMERICANS HAVE

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VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT.

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THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY

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PARTY’S RUN IN THE REPUBLIC’S

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HISTORY.

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IN FACT, NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY

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BORN AFTER 1986 HAS EVER VOTED

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IN AN ELECTION IN WHICH A

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REPUBLICAN WON THE POPULAR VOTE.

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THINK ABOUT THAT.