Election Eve Thoughts
It’s November 2nd, Election Eve for The Most Important Election In Our Lifetime. I remember that being the tagline for the last three elections and I’m sure it will be the tagline for the next election but hey for right now THIS one is the most important one ever.
In the spirit of recording my thoughts for posterity (and so you can rip on me if I end up being wrong) here are my Election Eve thoughts, in no special order
I don’t know who will win, although I strongly suspect Biden will be the victor. What I do know is that for the next four years the President will be a man in his 70’s with questionable physical and mental health. It might be a good time to think about how the hell we got here.
I don’t trust Harris or Pence further than I can throw them and I don’t trust Biden or Trump to make it through four years
No really Pence is pretty scary why don’t we talk about that more?
Yes I do think Trump will go peacefully if he loses. Yes I think he’ll throw himself the mother of all pity parties on the way out.
I am 95% sure we will not have election results on the 3rd; go to bed at a decent time.
Both the Biden and the Trump camps will file suits over the results of tight states so prepare yourselves for everyone on social media to suddenly become experts on Bush v. Gore
If Trump does manage to keep the presidency he’ll likely lose the Senate so prepare yourselves for at least two years of nothing getting accomplished
No matter who wins the push to overturn Section 230 will be fierce so be prepared; it’s one of the few things there is bipartisan agreement on (kinda)
When will we have election results? I dunno, hopefully before Thanksgiving so your family gatherings don’t become bigger trainwrecks than usual
Who am I kidding Thanksgiving is going to be a trainwreck no matter what
Biden can’t implement a nationwide mask mandate and he’s said as much before
On post election violence - I don’t think it will be anywhere near what some are expecting because we’re not going to know who won on November 3rd.
If you are voting tomorrow, standing in a long socially distanced line with people who might be voting differently than you, remember there are millions of people on this planet who don’t have that ability.
That last point goes double if you’re a woman
No I don’t think Biden will be usurped by Harris - the DNC dusted him off and shoved him into the race to thwart the progressive wing of the party, not to sneak it in the backdoor
Don’t spend the next few weeks doomscrolling
On the topic of fiscal conservatism lol we’re so boned no matter who wins
The Sun Belt / Southeast / whatever you want to call us down here will be the biggest story to come out of the 2020 election
I’m curious to see what Jo’s final vote total will be but no matter what we need to have a chat about how to get people to mash that third party button in the voting booth
And for my last thought and piece of advice for all of you - don’t let this election break you. We’ve made it through worse, we will make it through this too.
See you on the other side