Cook Political: Trump was only 65,009 votes away from winning -- despite Biden's 7 million vote lead

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14. That's why the Democratic Party needs to change

We have the system we have. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. And for forty years, moderate incrementalism has been the order of the day.

It. Does. Not. Work.

Saying, "We need to get rid of the electoral college!" solves nothing. Of course we do. But we won't. So saying that and doing nothing else to change how we approach national politics is a recipe for more disaster down the line.

We have lost state governments over the years. We have allowed Republicans to rule the ground game. We won this one by a hair. Our messaging has been milquetoast and mealy-mouthed. Not Trump was barely enough to squeak Biden in under our system. And it did nothing for down ticket races. Never Trumpers voted for Biden and kept their local preferences intact.

We came this close to disaster. And the response was to immediately punch Left - go after, you know, the people who don't hold very many reins of power. Of course, it's the people without power's fault! The people in power? Just keep doing what you're doing.

As a Millennial, I have lived my entire life dealing with the fall out of Reaganism and the Democratic Party's rightward shift in response. We are where we are today because of this long slide and our ineffectual combatting of it.

We need to change and rapidly. We no longer have time for incrementalism. See: the environment. People who advocate for it are consigning us to a dreadful fate. If we can't come out from under Trump and truly push for liberal and progressive change in a fundamental way, I don't think we'll ever do it. We'll just slide into further inequality, environmental disaster, and a decline that would leave Rome baffled.