Battle for the Soul review: how Biden beat Trump – and exposed Democratic divides
May 22, 2021
3 minutes
On Saturday 7 November, the networks finally called the election for Joe Biden. Barack Obama’s vice-president prevailed by more than 7m votes but his margin in the electoral college was too close for comfort. The Democrats lost seats in the House and did not take control of the Senate until January, when Biden took office. America stands divided but the Democrats’ own fissures are also on display.
The party of Jackson, FDR and JFK is now an upstairs-downstairs coalition of coastal elites and minorities, hounded by politically self-destructive demands for defunding the police and ever”. Now what?
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