Well, that election went by faster than I anticipated. I thought it would take a week or two to sort out regions too close to the call. Through the night, the gap between the candidates was wide enough to end the election within a day.
Look, I don't vote for the duopoly. The two parties are two cheeks of the same ass. Most people wind up voting for the evil of two lessers. It was more interesting to find interesting stats during this election season.
My favorite has been the Laurens County, South Carolina result. I didn't expect a Green Party tie with Trump. For Green Party lovers, I guess that would be a location to check out. The US needs more viable parties to be more democratic.
I was surprised at how well Phil Lyman performed as a write-in candidate. There was drama about how the system squeezed him out of the gubernatorial ballot. His whole campaign was getting Utahns to write him on the ballot.
He even got over 20% in some counties! I don't like Lyman, so I didn't cast him a vote. I think it's cool to see a third party receive a significant percentage of votes here. However, they usually can't upset the overwhelming Republican presence here. At any rate, I'm okay with the result.
I thought it was funny to see Lucifer "Justin Case" Everlove beat Cornel West.
I don't think I've seen a Democrat win Pennsylvania when the candidate receives <90% of the votes in Philadelphia.
So what now? Well, we shall see who will come to positions of power in the next Trump administration. If I don't see any more neocons and deep-state implants, it would be a win in my book. Be hopeful, but don't expect much. Ignore the exaggerations you see on social media. That's not real life.
Take care.