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11/03/20

Election Day. And here we are. Eve and I talked about our plans for tonight. We invited the boys to join us but that didn't work out so we planned for ourselves. If Biden wins we'll want to celebrate so we discussed the best celebration and concluded that the right answer was ice cream. Then we discussed a Trump win. We discussed the need for comfort food and concluded that we would need ice cream. So ice cream it is! We didn't talk about massive confusion or no clear winner. But there's enough stress in a tie that I would suspect ice cream will work just fine.

Election Day. I've spent a couple of election days in Chicago. I was there for two Obama wins and one Trump win. There was a conference that met at the same time every year and always in Chicago. Not a bad place especially when you have a son living there. I remember the stress of election day. There is a need for news but virtually no actual news until the sun sets. I remember driving through Chicago listening to Rush Limbaugh for one election and hearing his confidence in a red wave that would not emerge and I discounted all the confidence that came with predictions of a Trump win. Election day is the only day every four years that seems to move in slow motion. First polls close at 4pm local time. The TV watching will begin at exactly the same time.

11/04/20

The Day After. Election day is one of stress. Election night was even more. None of my predictions panned out the way I thought and I find myself having trusted too many polls this time around. To be sure the final chapter has NOT been written on this topic. I reserve the right to recalibrate my conclusions. Quietly confident that Biden will eek out a win. Can't understand how that idiot could get so many votes. Popular vote is clear but that doesn't seem to count in our democracy. The Senate doesn't look so hot right now. I ate the ice cream. Had both chocolate and chocolate chip. Had more than I planned. It wasn't what I was hoping for. I watched TV for 7 straight hours paying full attention. As I look back I think I spent most of that time hypnotized by a series of maps and numbers and it's hard for me to distinguish one hour from another. I'm a little fuzzy. The end of the story is apparently still days ahead. The Senate outcome may have to wait until January. The House was secured but with a smaller margin. Democrats talk a good game but never get out as much vote as they should. I think the pollsters will ultimately blame turnout models this year. I want to trust polls again.

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