While Democrats did not get the landslide victory they were hoping for, make no mistake: Biden's win is huge and historic. On the road to 270 electoral votes, Biden flipped at least three states Democrats lost in 2016. But there has been grousing among Democrats, despite the big win at the top of the ticket. This led centrist House Democrats to rail against the political costs of their more progressive colleagues immediately after the election. But let's not forget: Biden won the White House with a bigger margin in the popular vote than John F. Kennedy in 1960 or Richard Nixon in 1968.

Source: The Nation November 07, 2020 17:48 UTC