Biden’s strategic assets include Democratic governors and Secretaries of State in swing states (notably in
North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin); a broadly shared sense in the Democratic Party
that current voting systems, as well as the electoral college, are structurally anti-democratic; and a widespread and deeply-held desire, on the part of Democrats nationwide, to move on from the chaos of the
Trump administration. In all the scenarios examined in TIP’s exercises, even as votes were still being
counted, Team Biden moved quickly to try to project an ability to govern, by announcing cabinet nominees, an agenda for the first 100 days, and bipartisan support for its administration.
During the exercises, Team Biden and Democratic elected officials took the following steps:
• Organizing 1,000 “influencers” to denounce efforts to steal the election.
• Organizing all living presidents to stand with Biden and denounce Trump administration efforts
to subvert the democratic process.
• Recruiting moderate Republican Governors such as Baker (MA) and Hogan (MD) to form an
“Election Protection” Coalition.
• Working with local Democratic elected officials to call on the Adjutant General of the National
Guard, along with representatives from the technology sector, to monitor vote counting.
• Organizing a bipartisan “National Day for Restoration of Democracy” and a “National Day of
Unity,” both including faith leaders.
• Attempting a capital strike and a work stoppage as part of an overall effort to push corporate
leaders to insist that all ballots to be counted.