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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI stopped worrying today Almost.
I stopped worrying today
Almost.
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The anxiety wont entirely go away till they call this freaking nightmare of an election, the likes of which Ive never seen before. Ive followed politics for a long, long time, as in one of my earliest memories was JFKs inauguration, with my mother explaining to little three-year-old me what a president was and how this man was the new one. At which point I had to ask about the old one, so we got early on into the peaceful transition of power.
. . . .
I admire Hillary Clinton a lot more than Id ever imagined. After watching this election cycle I am reasonably certain that Id find it impossible to look away from a slow moving train wreck too. I havent been able to back away from the screen in about six months, which is upping my natural born anxiety and turning me into a regular clickgibbon. How Hillary gets up everyday and walks right into this mess is pretty damn impressive. Ive long past reached the limits of my patience with her opponent and his supporters.
But today, I saw two things that made me realize that everything is probably going to turn out okay after all. Were doing a mock election at school, one in which students, parents, and teachers can vote for President, Senate, and House of Representatives. Its the National Student/Parent Mock Election. When you vote, you can see the percentages from other voters in your state.
Hillary is leading Trump, 54% to 29%. In Georgia.
I dont know how many votes have been cast in the state, and this is far from scientific. But it reminded me of Scholastic Books Mock Election. The kids havent been wrong since 1960. So I did a quick Google, and lo and behold, there were the results from Scholastic, showing Hillary with 52% of the popular vote nationwide and Trump with 29%. And Georgia blue, 48/37. And Texas. And Florida. And heres the link: Scholastic Mock Election 2016. Seeing this beautiful map settled me right down better than David Plouffe. The kids are all right. Shes got this.
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I stopped worrying today Almost. (Original Post)
niyad
Nov 2016
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I still worry some, but I also have a feeling this will be a blowout unlike what anyone expected
Fast Walker 52
Nov 2016
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Go Idaho!
niyad
(113,303 posts)2. colorado surprised me.
oscarmadison
(14 posts)3. Hillary is leading Trump, 54% to 29%. In Georgia? Wow!
Thank you!
niyad
(113,303 posts)4. welcome to du
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)5. I still worry some, but I also have a feeling this will be a blowout unlike what anyone expected
I mean people are annoyed at this election but there's record turnout? That's got to be good for us. Because it sure isn't Hillary who has made this election a nightmare.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)6. This bodes even worse for the GOP future. Bigly badly.
niyad
(113,303 posts)7. may it be so