Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Three things.

1. Trump polarized the shit out of the country because he was and is a f’in moron, unprincipled, willfully ignorant, bigoted, rude, crude and dangerously inept. THAT explains the election turnout and the popular vote count.

2. Trump mishandled the COVID response, downplaying it, showing contempt for mask wearing and social distancing and he unintentionally drove both early voting and mail in voting.

So too did the postmaster general drive early voting with his well-publicized removal of sorting machines and mailboxes.

3. Mail-in voting was heavily Dem and, as with mail-in every election, counted after in person voting in most states and in all three of WI, MI and PA.

So, early counts gave Trump the early lead; nothing unusual about that much less fraudulent. Trump knew he’d get the early vote counts, so he claimed a win that was not to be his. That’s all that happened.

Anyway, How’d those super spreader hate rallies work out for Trump?

Trump and polarization drove record turnout. So did mail voting, which should be universal.

All Americans should be able to vote by mail, simply and conveniently. States should enshrine this in law to keep turnout up and election costs down.

Michael P. McDonald

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/04/trump-polarization-mail-voting-drove-record-2020-turnout-column/6153959002/