Juan González says "a false narrative" is taking root that Latinx voters were primarily to blame for the weak Democratic result. "The main story is that people of color, especially Latinos, flocked to the polls in numbers that far exceeded expectations.

Ch. 2: The Myth Of The 'Latino Vote' - Latino USA - Air Date 11-13-20

President Trump won Florida, including nearly half of all Latinx-identifying voters in the state. But across the country in Arizona, grassroots groups led a wave of younger Latinx voters to flip the state blue for President-elect Joe Biden.

Ch. 3: An Election We Could Not Sit Out How Indigenous Voters Helped Defeat Trump & Elect Biden - Democracy Now! - Air Date 11-18-20

We speak with Allie Young, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and founder of Protect the Sacred, who organized a horseback trail ride to the polls. She says it was important to her to motivate Indigenous youth to turn out.

Ch. 4: Georgia's Senate Runoffs - It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders - Air Date 11-20-20

Georgia's Senate runoffs have become national races as control of the Senate depends on who wins. Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on if Georgia voters are looking at the runoffs the same as rest the country is.

Ch. 5: The Power of Black Women at the Ballot Box - The Takeaway - Air Date 11-9-20

Black women have long been the backbone of the Democratic Party, and this year is no different. Exit polls are showing that more than 90 percent of Black women cast their ballots for the Democratic ticket.

Ch. 6: No Car - No Vote in Georgia Senate Run-off 2021 (w/ Greg Palast) - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 11-23-20

Georgia residents wishing to vote might be out of luck if they don't have a car thanks to Brian Kemp's new rule which amounts to a poll tax, any voter without a car registered in Georgia, could be blocked from voting!

Ch. 7: Sam Breaks Down the HUGE Georgia Runoff Election - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 11-14-20

Laying out the importance of engaging with the Georgia Senate runoff elections.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Left podcast, in which we shall
0:06.7	learn about some of the highlights of how the 2020 election was won, the people doing
0:12.0	the work, and what's still at stake.
0:15.2	Before we get started though, a quick word on the show.
0:18.7	A day that we've been fearing for years has finally arrived.
0:22.8	We here at Best of Left have been kicked out of the Amazon affiliate program.
0:28.0	That has been a foundational source of our revenue for the show since 2009.
0:34.8	Along with memberships and any other advertisers we can find, Amazon has been basically one
0:39.9	of the three legs of our financial stool.
0:43.9	To put things into perspective, losing that affiliate funding is approximately like having
0:48.2	400 members cancel all at the same time.
0:53.3	And just be clear, we did not have 400 members worth of financial breathing room before
0:59.2	getting this news.
1:00.2	So I'm going to be talking more about this at the end of the show, but what you need to
1:04.1	know now is that memberships are available and incredibly easy to sign up for, and you
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