Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trumpism will likely survive, even if Biden wins election. What that means for the US
Even if President Trump loses re-election, nearly 70 million people still voted for him. That’s a higher vote total than Hillary Clinton got in 2016, when she won the popular vote but still lost the election.
By Madeleine Brand • • 10m ListenEven if President Trump loses re-election, nearly 70 million people still voted for him. That’s a higher vote total than Hillary Clinton got in 2016, when she won the popular vote but still lost the election. Joe Biden also won a record-setting popular vote total, given this year’s massive turnout. But there was no “blue wave” or Joe Biden landslide that pollsters predicted.
And given the enthusiasm at Trump’s rallies and convoys of flag-waving pickup trucks crisscrossing the nation’s highways, it’s safe to say that the political force Trump created is here to stay for now.
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3 of 5Ballot counts continue, Trump campaign files lawsuits- 0:00Election workers continue counting votes in battleground states. What’s the latest?
- 11:43Trump campaign files lawsuits in states where vote margins are close. What’s the strategy?
- 20:53Trumpism will likely survive, even if Biden wins election. What that means for the USYou’re reading this
- 31:22Oregon approves some of the biggest drug policy rollbacks in the nation
- 39:30UC Davis’ new program for students with intellectual disabilities could become a statewide model