My husband and I found a u-tube sight, run by a group of individuals skilled in statistics and knowledge concerning presidential elections. Although they chattered with each other throughout the broadcast about the odds of who would win, they also kept touch with the regular stations and compared their findings. At first they revealed their belief it would be a short night and a landslide for Trump. From the map of blue, red, light blue, and pink it appeared they were right for the first hours.
It was apparent they were on the red side and their excitement grew as Trump swept the map. Then California and the west coast came in and some swing states seem to be turning blue. My husband stayed glued to the screen but I kept leaving the room unable to cope a defeat. At one point I went to bed but that only lasted minutes and we both sat there, dreading an unacceptable outcome. The broadcasters grew doubtful as well and desperately made endless computations that we couldn’t follow.
As the tension built up at one point it appeared we’d lose Pennsylvania, a must win swing-state, when the Philadelphia vote came in. I went into the kitchen for several minutes aimlessly walking back and forth. But after that, I sat there until 3:00 am when the tide tuned and it was a landslide for Trump. We went to bed with more hope for our country and ourselves than we had since the 2020 election.
The once joy filled democrat party turned angry and believes we are doomed. Now every avenue of stopping Trump and his agender is rampant across the country. Our hero, unperturbed pushes on. One of my unhappy friends told me she’d give him a year. The man conveys the kind of hope of the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence. And the ‘dance of joy’ resounds with the faith of our fathers as the young at heart follow our leader to the tune of ‘Young Man’.
DJ Pasternak, Author 