Democrats Shouldn’t Wait Two More Years

By David Wallace-Wells

Consider, for a minute, what it would mean for the polls to be right.

Democrats could plausibly win Senate races not just in North Carolina and Georgia but also in Iowa, Ohio, Texas, Kansas and Alaska. If surveys were slightly biased against Democrats, there could be a blue pickup in South Carolina, an independent friendly to liberals in Nebraska and perhaps a close race in South Dakota, too.

Come January, Democrats could control both houses of Congress and command subpoena and investigative power in the wake of a historic run of Republican corruption and naked self-enrichment. They could control 28 of the country’s 50 governorships, including not just Iowa and Alaska but also potentially Texas and Kansas. In the swing state of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro might win re-election by 25 points. Blue districts could command 70 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, perhaps even more. And the country’s three biggest cities........

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