Mike Pence Has Nowhere to Go

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67. Let's face it, most of the inner midwest are deep deep red, IN included

Take a look at the electoral map: https://www.270towin.com/

Save IL, NM & CO which for the most part are now reliably Blue, GA, & AZ were dogged fights which Biden won by slim margins.
In 2016 Hillary lost the Rustbelt states big time. I believe it was Biden's appeal to the unions and the Black vote that really helped him there. In GA & AZ the Black, Latino & Asian votes helped push Joe over.

As for the rest of the midwestern & southern states, it will be years before Democrats make headway. The root of the problem is clear - racism. Until the nation as a whole can reckon with it, racism will rear its ugly head in every election, in every shape and form - gerrymandering, voter suppression via tougher voting registration requirements, voting location closings in minority areas, etc. - all designed to disenfranchise Black and Brown Americans socially and economically, and stifle their collective rights and voices. This is the divided America we live in now, the racists emboldened by the Con the last 4 years.