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Why the Democrats are winning this race

Americans have seen chaos loom, particularly over the past nine days, and Biden and Harris seem like the safest and least exhausting pair of hands.

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Back in February it seemed as if we were about to have one of the most ideologically polarised elections in American history. US President Donald Trump was rushing ahead with his populist/ego-trip/authoritarian whatchamacallit. The Democrats were shifting left: Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Bernie Sanders-style reimagining of capitalism.

The great political/culture war was at hand!

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David Brooks is an opinion columnist for The New York Times.

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