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November 6, 2020 Welcome to this edition of The Reader, a weekly roundup of our stories and insights.
Voters still await results in key swing states as ballot counting continues in the U.S. presidential election, but some things are already clear. Joe Biden has already received more total votes than any presidential candidate in U.S. history. At the same time, Democrats suffered big losses in state legislatures during a crucial year for redistricting. The Trump campaign plans to request a recount in Wisconsin—although recounts rarely affect elections. Election misinformation is spreading, with and without social media’s help.
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From the archives
“What if the Supreme Court had let the recount continue? Retroactive clairvoyance is easy. Once you get to so many sine qua nons, latching on to one that happens to be anthropomorphic becomes discriminatory. Why not ask why Gore lost his home state of Tennessee? I call it political bigotry: If you believe we all have an equal right to run, we’re trying to get votes from each other, which means we’re all spoilers or no one is a spoiler.” —Ralph Nader: The Fortune interview by David Kaplan, February 2014 .
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