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How Joe Biden won the presidency

By Alexander Burns, Jonathan Martin and Katie Glueck
New York Times·
19 mins to read

Joseph R Biden Jr campaigned as a sober and conventional presence, concerned about the "soul of the country". He correctly judged the character of the country, and benefited from President Trump's missteps.

On a January evening in 2019, Joe Biden placed a call to the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, a personal friend and political ally who had just announced he would not pursue the Democratic nomination for president.

During their conversation, Garcetti recalled, Biden did not exactly say

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