I've been stewing about this all day. I know, I should get a life, and I will try to after the election results are in. But they aren't in, so in the meantime: If Harris wins Iowa by three percentage points, or even loses it by three percentage points, she wins the presidency. The other swing states aren't so different from Iowa that a six-point improvement over 2020 in Iowa wouldn't translate to a win overall. But everything else I'm seeing today points in the other direction. I'm haunted by visions of 1968, 2000, and 2016.
I've been stewing about this all day. I know, I should get a life, and I will try to after the election results are in. But they aren't in, so in the meantime: If Harris wins Iowa by three percentage points, or even loses it by three percentage points, she wins the presidency. The other swing states aren't so different from Iowa that a six-point improvement over 2020 in Iowa wouldn't translate to a win overall. But everything else I'm seeing today points in the other direction. I'm haunted by visions of 1968, 2000, and 2016.
I'm having a hard time letting myself believe this. I'm also having a hard time believing that this country could actually elect Trump again.