Related: Why did so many Americans vote for Trump? Sociologists know the answer.Biden owes a large part of his success to his opponent.
As much as Trump tried to act as if someone else presided over the federal government, the election was a referendum on his presidency – especially his disastrous handling of the pandemic.
With nearly a quarter-million Americans dead from coronavirus this year and the economy reeling, voters concluded that Trump didn’t deserve to make things worse with another four years.Just as important, voters seem tired of the bottomless pit of narcissism that is Trump.