Right now, collectively, we’re kind of hovering somewhere between impatience while slow tallying regions (mainly because a certain party made sure that votes could not be counted until Election Day) and the reserved urge to celebrate early. Is that out of a sense of propriety or just because we don’t want to jinx anything? I’m not sure but I’ve been watching more broadcast television over the past 24 hours than I have in the past 3 years and I’m kind of worn out watching the various pundits try to fill airtime. I’m hoping that when I wake up tomorrow we’ll have a solidified idea of what is going on with the election and I can stop panic refreshing 15+ tabs in my browser. I sincerely hope for my own sense of feeling like I’m actually a part of this country that I do not awake to news like I did in 2016.
I am hoping that against all hope that some groundswell for an eventual abolition of the electoral college is mounting while we nervously wait for the election results. I have a feeling that regardless of your political affiliation most people are exhausted by the weird speculation about election results skewed by states with small populations. A popular vote would be so much simpler and remove that weird pressure to spend time and effort trying to impress racists in flyover states. Less attention paid to places that fit the above description seems like a beneficial effect.
I’m tired and going to sleep in any case. Tomorrow I get so spend some time with physical therapists to figure out how to best support my wife and her new mobility limitations when she comes home in two days. That is worthy of some celebration.