What Joe Biden won – and what he didn't
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Published 2020-11-07
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The 2020 US election is over, and former vice president Joe Biden will be the 46th US president. He’s the first to defeat an incumbent president in 28 years, and he did it in part by unifying the Democratic Party against Donald Trump, bringing members of the party’s left wing into his campaign after beating Bernie Sanders in the primary, and crafting an aggressive policy platform.
But Biden’s agenda will most likely be met by a Republican-controlled Senate, whose leader, Mitch McConnell, presided over the complete stonewalling of the last Democratic president’s agenda, and likely intends to do so again. This despite the fact that many of Biden’s policies enjoy the support of most Americans, and McConnell’s Senate caucus represents a minority of them.
In other words, Biden’s decisive victory margin of several million votes was basically good enough for a stalemate. In this video, Vox editor-at-large Ezra Klein explains what makes that possible -- a Republican Party dedicated to making sure a minority controls the country -- and how Joe Biden’s first priority should be unwinding that system back to democracy.
Read more about the Biden presidency from Vox:
Ezra Klein on how Biden won: www.vox.com/21545969/joe-biden-2020-election-winne…
Dylan Matthews on what a President Biden will be up against: www.vox.com/2020/11/6/21534594/joe-biden-wins-2020…
Ian Millhiser on who the US Senate actually represents: www.vox.com/2020/11/6/21550979/senate-malapportion…
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All Comments (21)
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I can't imagine waiting 4 hours in line to vote. America really doesn't make it easy, no wonder people just don't bother
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“-and a Mitch McConnel senate" This did not age well
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This year is almost over,it feels like it's been long and short simultaneously.
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Watching this after democrats won the Georgia runoffs 😂
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Bro they had this video ready before the winner was announced. They probably had another one ready if trump won
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As a Canadian, seeing this sort of political stance, especially in opposition to democracy as a whole, is utterly terrifying.
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I love how Vox interviews their own staff as a source.
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Netherlands here, just pitching in. Takes like 3 to 5 minutes to vote.
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In Italy, whenever you move to some town and are a citizen, you receive by mail the document that you need to vote from the municipality. I never had to vote in a place that was more than 3 minutes away from home, and never ever had to wait on a line that was more than 5 minutes long. When I was abroad, I received all the necessary things to vote by mail few weeks in advance.
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Vox editors: I am speed.
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being in america made me realise that people want to immigrate out of america for the same reasons people immigrated to america years ago: for a better future and a better life
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Who's here after the senate turns democratic
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Trump got the whole 2020 experience: 1. Got COVID 2. Lost his job 3. Getting Evicted
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"When a party wins power without winning votes, they'll tend to use that power to make it easier to win power without winning votes" What can be more true?
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"People waited 4 hours to cast a vote" Indian election system: huh peasants!!
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America: The rest of the world: 👁👄👁
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I'm not american and I'm just waiting here for dramas.
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The editor probaby made this folder : "News if joe biden win" "News if trump win" "News if Jo win" "Weird news if kanye somehow wins" "News if the election was cancelled"
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Canadians watch the election like its a movie that comes out every 4 years
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I’m still laughing at “ Stop the count”
