… This election was a referendum on President Trump, and considering the President’s 46%-52% approval score, it did not turn out well for him. While the President scored well with rural voters, evangelicals, lower educated Americans and Hispanic men, his failure to hit his numbers among Independents, especially Independent men, left him a little short.
The polling clearly shows the effect of the extreme political polarization on the electorate – a significant chunk of Trump supporters kept their vote secret from their friends for fear of being ostracized or worse.
Expect President-elect Biden’s Administration to be pulled to the left by the overwhelming majority of his voters who also support his party’s more liberal policies such as the Green New Deal and Medicare For All. CONTINUED – pdf
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