[First inventory of the election from hell]
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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS - BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS  
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November 10, 2020
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_ First inventory of the election from hell _

Nevertheless, they persisted! Credit, Mark Makela/Getty Images

 

* Election Assessments 
* Authoritarians Find Acceptance
* Urban vs Rural
* Trump’s Unexpected Support
* Discrediting the Vote
* NC Cops Break Up Peaceful Voters’ March
* Actually, Lots of Good News
* Progressive Policy Measures Win
* New Power at the City Level
* Keeping Local Action Going
* Oh, How We Danced! (Photos!)

ELECTION ASSESSMENTS

NINA TURNER, Washington Post
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WALDEN BELLO, Rappler
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MAX ELBAUM (podcast), Letters and Politics, KPFA
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JUAN GONZ
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Democracy Now!
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THOMAS FRANK, The Guardian
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MICHAEL ROBERTS, The Next Recession
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AUTHORITARIANS FIND ACCEPTANCE
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By Zeynep Tufekci
The Atlantic

Trump is just one more example of the many populists on the right who
have risen to power around the world.

URBAN VS RURAL
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By Riley Vetterkind
Wisconsin State Journal

Cities propelled Joe Biden to a Wisconsin win as rural areas double
down on Donald Trump.

TRUMP’S UNEXPECTED SUPPORT

GAINS WITH BLACK VOTERS
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By Sean Collins, Vox

GAINS AMONG LATINO VOTERS
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Gamboa and Carmen Sesin, NBC News

VOTES FROM WHITE WOMEN
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By Madeline Hislop, Women’s Agenda

DISCREDITING THE VOTE
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By Rachel Hope Cleves
The Tyee

Trump turned to attacking the democratic process as his
primary strategy for victory. We have a term for this strategy.
It’s called Jim Crow.

NC COPS BREAK UP PEACEFUL VOTERS’ MARCH
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By Julia Craven
Slate

A racist sheriff and a system of voter suppression meet in a cloud of
pepper spray.

ACTUALLY, LOTS OF GOOD NEWS
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By Liza Featherstone
Jacobin

Dozens of socialists were elected to legislatures, while minimum-wage
hikes, rent controls, and taxes on the rich to fund schools all won
voter backing, even in very red places.

PROGRESSIVE POLICY MEASURES WIN
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By Emily Peck
HuffPost

Taken together, these types of measures could go a long way in
reducing race and gender discrimination around the country.

NEW POWER AT THE CITY LEVEL
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By Patrick Sisson
Bloomberg

The “blue wave” didn’t materialize at the national level. But in
America’s cities, younger Democratic leaders and progressive policy
ideas scored several big wins.

KEEPING LOCAL ACTION GOING
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By Anoa Changa
Scalawag

Statewide organizations like Down Home North Carolina offer an
opportunity to challenge and overcome violence from the state in all
its forms—including voter suppression and intimidation.

OH, HOW WE DANCED! (PHOTOS!)
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Teen Vogue

People flooded the streets to celebrate Donald Trump’s defeat.

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