It’ll be weeks and months till we have a detailed understanding of how people voted, but the hot take factory is operating at full speed and Democrats are already arguing about what happened—including contentiously in the press. I break down some of the arguments from progressive and moderate Democratic House members. So far, the progressives have the data on their side. But let’s ask a bigger question: what if Democrats, after they won, simply acted like it?
> 2020 Popular Vote Tracker (Cook Political Report)
> High turnout in swing state cities helped deliver those states. (The Nation)
> Black Lives Matter uprisings over the summer increased voter registration. (Tom Bonier)
> Democratic members who sponsored Medicare for All and won re-election in swing districts. (Jonathan Cohn)
> 3 out of 4 Democrats who sponsored the Green New Deal in swing districts won re-election. (Earther)
> Centrist Democrats punching left on a caucus call with reporters (Washington Post)
> Nate Cohn explains what went wrong with the polls (New Yorker)
> Messaging guidance for restorative justice and rethinking discipline (Race Class Narrative Action)
> In-depth study of non-voters. (Knight Foundation)