Not sure I'd call this close to a landslide. In recent history, Reagan-Carter, Reagan-Mondale, Bush-Dukakis, Clinton-Dole, Obama-McCain, Obama-Romney were all bigger spreads. Some of those, like Reagan-Mondale were absolute landslides.
But this is the worst showing for a sitting President since Bush 41, which was a weird election with the Perot factor.
I think this goes down in history as the Trump election, losing to a rather bland establishment candidate who didn't make any mistakes. And what will be most memorable is the counting of mail-in ballots which extended the drama over three days.
Most people I know are breathing a sigh of relief today and are now hoping that decorum will start to return to the conversation and the political landscape. The old divisions remains and ideology wise, I don't believe much has changed.
The stock market is banking on a GOP controlled senate which should help moderate the governing Democrats. Personally, that is about what I was hoping for.
|