> without anti-Trump snark suddenly appearing in there regardless of the subject matter (seriously, it was like there was a quota to meet), This sounds like so

> without anti-Trump snark suddenly appearing in there regardless of the subject matter (seriously, it was like there was a quota to meet), This sounds like some sort of victimhood complex. I think you should understand that 54% of the country did not like that man, ever, and we gave outsized influence to the 46% that did at the expense of the otherwise silent majority. Joe Biden blew the doors off turnout in history despite never having blockbuster rallies like Donald Trump or his Democratic rivals. > frame their fears and hopes, needs and concerns, in very patronizing ways I don't really disagree, which should mean they would do the same for working class black folk in the same cities, yes? But no, they don't. > If in Ohio—for the past 150 years perhaps the quintessential swing state—and Iowa Trump was 10 points up in the polls, the right conclusion was that the rest of the Midwest was swinging to him too This is not a good example - when a state stops being within 2-3 points of the national margin (~+0 R in '04, +3 R in '08, +1 R in '12) and starts becoming +10 R and then +12 R in '16 and '20 it does stop being a bellwether.