A presidential election that was supposed to be a landslide is coming down to thin margins in a handful of states. The fact that the election is this close is a remarkable indictment of Biden, the Democratic Party, and their unrelenting corporatism.
Trump won the highest share of nonwhite voters in generations, showing how fed up voters of color are with the Democratic Party and demolishing the myth of the party's inevitable demographic supremacy. Latinos, who along with Black and Indigenous Americans have been hit the hardest by the corrupt bipartisan response to the pandemic, abandoned the Democrats in record numbers.
The Democrats unshakable allegiance to Wall Street and Biden's refusal to adopt overwhelmingly popular progressive policies like a basic income, ending mandatory minimum sentencing, and a green new deal, has taken a huge toll on down-ballot races. As a result, the Democrats appear poised to lose the Senate and lose seats in the House.
The Democratic Party has made itself the party of the status quo and allowed the Republican Party to sell itself as the antiestablishment party of change. They rigged the primary against the most popular politician in America to nominate the architect of the crime bill and a self-described top cop in the midst of a national uprising against police brutality and systemic racism. They vowed to deny Americans free and guaranteed health care in the middle of a pandemic. Wall Street was so enthusiastic about the prospect of a Biden presidency that they gave more to the Democrats than Trump.
While Biden will likely win, Trump claimed victory on the night of the election and has filed legal challenges in an effort to stop the count. But as CNN has pointed out, the challenges seem geared more towards giving Trump an excuse to delegitimize the election on Twitter and explain away his loss rather than actually swing votes to him. Meanwhile, the Republican Party and even members of Trump's team are giving up.
For years our movement has said that the Democrats would rig their primary to block Bernie and progressives in 2020. For just as long we have said that if a typical corporate Democrat wins the presidency, that the far-right counterreaction in four years would give us an even more ideological and capable Trump. The only way to prevent that is to give Americans the major new party that the majority are desperate for in poll after poll. An authentic progressive populist party powered by the people and not corporate money. That what we are building. And this election could not have made it more clear that without it, this country is on the path to neofascism.
For much more discussion of the results and our plans, join our national call starting now, at 8:30 pm ET, or watch the recording on our YouTube channel.
The corporate parties had their chance. It's time for the People's Party.
Nick Brana
National Coordinator
Movement for a People's Party
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