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I'm not even a Trump supporter. I'm just saying that it's a mistake to think that America resoundingly rejected Trump. He got roughly 11 million more votes the

I'm not even a Trump supporter. I'm just saying that it's a mistake to think that America resoundingly rejected Trump. He got roughly 11 million more votes the second time around. That puts him roughly on par with Ronald Reagan as far as popularity the second time around. In terms of raw votes, he's the most popular encumbent we've had period. Biden's win is a pretty narrow percentage -- in the battleground states it came down to less than 1%. This is very much an unsettled political question. If you think that that political movement has buttoned up and moved on, you're nuts. The results of this election are going to be in play in the mid-term elections and the next Presidential. Feel free to downvote the unpopular truth.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> In terms of raw votes, he's the most popular encumbent we've had period. In terms of raw votes, the ninth most popular US Presidential candidate in 2020 (several steps below Kanye West) is more popular than Washington in either election, John Adams, or Jefferson in his first election, and the major party loser of every election 1876 and later was more popular than every President up to, and including, Lincoln. Raw votes are a stupid measure.
xtracto 6y ago
My problem is not with whether Biden won for a little or a lot, he won and that´s all that matters. My problem is that 70+ million Americans (almost 1 in 4) voted for him... somehow thought that despite everything the person has done and said, 1 in 4 people actually think it was not reprehensible enough to not vote for him. I really would have thought that the vote would have been 70% vs 30% or so for Biden but 70 million people! (plus all the ones that cannot/didn't vote but still support him)