The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime Is a Snooze

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The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime Is a Snooze

Every presidential election is billed as the most important of our lifetime. But in 2020, voters seemed to actually believe it. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic and Donald Trump’s growing authoritarianism, that election saw record turnout. More than two-thirds of eligible voters cast ballots, with both candidates receiving record totals: Trump received 12 million more votes than he did four years earlier—and still lost the election to Joe Biden by mor…