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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Some bright spots this morning:
- the US election itself was not marred by voter intimidation and violence at the polls, which it well might have been given Trump's rhetoric;
- the states appear to be doing a thoroughly professional and non-partisan job in actually counting and tabulating the ballots, and the election commissioners who have spoken publicly to date (Georgia, Wisconsin) inspire confidence in the process;
- there has yet to be any response from his supporters to Trump's late-night whining about a stolen election, and the votes continue to be counted;
- Biden appears on track to win, even if it is my astoundingly low margins across a handful of states (effectively duplicating but reversing Trump's margin of victory in 2016);
- Fox News has not fomented outrage (yet) and might even be credited with taking the wind out of Trump's whiny sails when it comes to allegations of cheating;
- Pennsylvania, although brutally slow in its counting/reporting, may not be essential to a Biden victory.
The negatives to this point are obvious and numerous, but it's not all bad. The machinery of American democracy appears to be functioning better than might have been expected. Soon we'll see if the court system is still working too.
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Good post. Love the optimism. But I had a hearty chuckle at the bolded.
This election is way too close IMO and that says volumes about how the US system is broken, and their country as a whole.