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Yet lose he did. And Biden very well may lose. Because a lot of voters support the policies and positions of the Republican party. For them, electing even the very worst Republican nominee brings the country much much closer to what they think is good policy than would electing even the very best Democratic nominee.

Yeah, if you want to get really depressed watch this hour long interview with Batya Ungar-Sargon:

Hostess intro:

"WE ARE JOINED NOW BY BATYA UNGAR-SARGON, THE "NEWSWEEK" OPINION EDITOR AND AUTHOR OF "SECOND CLASS: HOW THE ELITES BETRAYED AMERICA'S WORKING MEN AND WOMEN."

First response from Batya Ungar-Sargon

WELL, IT HAD BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT A LOT OF THE POLARIZATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN CONSTANTLY, THE FIGHTING WE SEE IN CONGRESS AND THE FIGHTING IN THE MEDIA WAS REALLY A VERY MUCH ELITE PHENOMENON. I BECAME VERY CONVINCED THAT THE REAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA WAS NOT ACTUALLY BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT BUT BETWEEN AN OVER CREDENTIALED , MULTIPLE DEGREES, COLLEGE EDUCATED ELITE, AND THE VAT AMERICAN MIDDLE AND WORKING-CLASS. I SAW POLL AFTER POLL THAT SHOWED THAT AMERICANS WERE MORE UNITED THAN DENIED IT, AND I WOULD TURN ON MY TV AND SEE THE DIVISION, THAT DID NOT REFLECT WHERE THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WAS CUTE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENON, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS, AND DO THEY STILL HAVE A FAIR SHOT A

https://www.c-span.org/video/?535221-3/batya-ungar...

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