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Democrats Let Expectations Get Ahead of Reality

November 4, 2020 at 8:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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It’s obvious that many Democrats are frustrated this morning. The polls were clearly way off in several key states and dreams of a Joe Biden landslide faded pretty early in the evening.

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