Too close for comfort: Where Biden went wrong

Published November 5, 2020 3:53pm ET



Joe Biden and President Trump are still trying to win the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to claim the White House starting in January. And the tight margins in a nail-biter election are too close for comfort for many Democrats who were hoping for a blowout win.

There were several troubling signs for Democrats. Trump won millions more votes than he did in 2016, and exit polls showed that he increased his standing among minority voters. Meanwhile, Republicans may keep their majority in the Senate. And while Democrats are poised to keep their House majority, the party lost seats instead of achieving an expected gain.

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