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Joe Biden Is the Candidate of the Resistance

A suburban revolt against Trump helped Democrats win the House in 2018. It’s helping the former vice president too.
Source: Aude Guerrucci / Redux

A deluge of voters—including many in the suburbs—filed into churches and community centers across the country to vote for a moderate candidate in an act they viewed as a repudiation of the president.

This is what happened in 2018. And it happened again last week.

Joe Biden’s victories on Super Tuesday suggest that many voters are thinking and acting much like they did in the previous midterm elections, when Democrats—thanks to —flipped 41 congressional districts and regained control of the House. Many Democrats say that this is how Biden wins more delegates tonight, and how the party wins in November: through a campaign to enact a more modest agenda and provide a check on Donald Trump—not one that relies on

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