The reason why the Biden ‘blue wave' is being overlooked

On the morning of Election Day, Democrats looked forward to witnessing an impending “Blue Wave”: a full repudiation of President Donald Trump and his administration.

By Tuesday evening, however, political talking heads were telling hopeful voters that “Blue Wave” was never going to come. Disappointing Congressional results showed that Americans had mostly rejected progressive politics, they said, even if they ended up putting Biden into the White House.

But the truth is that that wave did come, crashing down upon the nation during a contentious election that, at the time of publication, is still too close to call. It just got overlooked, because the system obscures it. The Electoral College and the system that guarantees every election hinges on a handful of states can sometimes make the truth look grimmer than it is. When you look into the numbers, however, you see the progressive push behind the seemingly uninspiring results so far.

Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has already received more votes than any other presidential candidate in US history — and votes are still being tallied. On Wednesday, he surpassed former President Barack Obama’s popular vote record set in 2008 — 69.4 million votes — with a resounding 72,263,868 votes.