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    Why the Election Wasn’t a Biden Landslide

    Despite a pandemic and an abysmal recession, five economic factors spared the incumbent from a more lopsided loss.
    by Annie Lowrey Nov 06, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: The Atlantic

    Updated on November 7, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. ET

    Why didn’t the pandemic recession precipitate a landslide for Joe Biden?

    That is a central mystery stemming from a narrow, if decisive, loss for President Donald Trump. Even though the unemployment rate is more than double what it was a year ago, even though 1 million Americans a week are applying for jobless aid, even though Congress has failed for six months to pass desperately needed additional stimulus, even though Trump has the worst of any president going back to, and he expanded his 2016 vote count by at least 5.7 million.

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