The 2020 election is historic. Former vice president Joe Biden received the highest number of votes ever by a US presidential candidate, topping Barack Obama’s 2008 total. Biden currently has a 3 million vote lead over President Trump and as of Wednesday afternoon, appears to be headed for an electoral vote victory. But…there was no blue wave. And the entire election was far closer than anyone thought.

In Vermont, Republican Gov. Phil Scott was re-elected to a third term with a stunning 40 percentage point victor over Democrat David Zuckerman. And in another historic victory, Molly Gray was elected as just the fourth woman to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor.

We discuss the national election results with Stuart Stevens, a former top strategist for George W. Bush’s two presidential campaigns and also a lead strategist for 2012 Republican presidential candidate. In the 2020 race, Stevens was part of The Lincoln Project, a group of Republican strategists who worked to defeat Trump. Stevens is author of It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump.

We dissect the results of the Vermont election with Anne Galloway, founder and editor of VTDigger, and Xander Landen, VTDigger's political reporter.