There's a lot of gnashing teeth right now about the result, but people are forgetting about two issues that existed no matter the election result.
A. Half the country wasn't going to accept either candidate no matter what. One side was always going to be left out and angry. It's easy to say fuck them but a divided nation leaves us weak (especially with China taking stances)
B. Fake news media was always a thorn in trumps side.
Given where we are, there's 2 things that need to happen. Waiting until the Dec 14th deadline and then suddenly being elected when the news media declared otherwise is a recipe for disaster as the perception will be that the news media is honest and trump is a dictator that stole the election.
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After some time (probably Monday but maybe later) one of the states projected flips. If it's by legal stuff that's fine but it's better if it's a count. That way, biden loses the president elect status. This generates a lot of doubt on the news media (you almost elected the wrong guy, how can we trust you for other stuff)
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People actually see biden and what he plans to do /cognitive gaffs. Then, while people will still outwardly voice disapproval, they'd tolerate a trump victory. You'll never get them to like trump but they'll at least tolerate him if biden seems like he'd screw up something like the economy.
People say Dec 14th is the key but sadly perception plays some part in it. Hopefully Monday will have some strong news.
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[–] 26304792? ago
Ronald Reagan won 525 electoral votes and carried 49 states in his re-election in 1984. Reagan won in 1984 with an 18% lead in popular vote (but that is irrelevant since that's not what the Electoral Vote contest is even about): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election
I went to the Inaugural Ball in 1985 and it was EPIC!
[–] 26305111? ago
Exactly. Which would mean Trump would need about a 20% increase of votes in every single state. His margin is simply not that big. Reagan's victory is not going to repeat itself, the demographics of the US have changed dramatically since then -- white people are now a minority, and Hispanics have continued to flood into the country. Trump actually LOST ground with white men in this election, and that's based on exit polling, not pre polling.
[–] 26306198? ago
Yes, the demos in America are night and day vs. the early 1980s. I'm not hung up on the popular vote tallies at all though (even though HRC is). Popular vote is not the game - electoral vote is - therefore popular vote doesn't mean diddly shit. I would have loved to see a 40-state win by Trump though, just for him to get to spike the football a bit. He deserves a "thundering" re-election victory (as he requested at his rallies) and I pray that this is exactly what he shall receive, albeit way later than it should have been.