There are a lot of people who are “losing their minds” over this election. Personally, I am impressed by how many people voted in this election. There were around 150 Million Americans that participated in the 2020 Presidential Election. This didn’t just include electing a president, but also congress and most importantly, so many local elections and ballot initiatives.
But here we are, in a divided country. As I see it, the country is split between Trump Republicans and Democrats of many different flavors. By some slim margins, Biden won a few states that took him over the top, such as in Georgia, which went Democrat or “Blue” for the first time in over 30+ years.
What is different this time has been how the current President is treating this election. He is fighting the results, unlike every other President and Presidential candidate before him. We are seeing just about every challenge to the election process squashed and courts siding with election officials as there simply is no evidence of election fraud.
Our Country needs to get together. We have spent a lot of energy on both sides saying things like he’s not my president, regardless of party for at least the last 25 years as I know it. Bush wasn’t your President, neither was Clinton, or Obama, and Trump. So Biden isn’t your President either. You may not like the person, but that person IS The President. And yes, while I write this, the electoral college still has to cast the official votes for President, those electors are selected through a process that is from the victors of each state. So basically those electors have an obligation to vote for whom their State has decided to cast its ballots for. If they don’t they are faithless electors and there are consequences possible for doing that.
At this point in history, I’m ready to move on with a new vision. If the Democrats can bring all the factions to the table and work as a team, they have a real chance. If they use a bully pulpit, like Trump has done, they have no chance.
I know a lot of people think that we have been standing on the precipice of history, and I agree. There are a lot of people with hate in their hearts, and I do believe that Love did Conquer Hate during this election. Decency beat misery. The problem is, it only barely beat it, and we are all left scratching our head asking why. Over the next 4 years, maybe minds can be changed and we can return to normalcy. If we can’t, the world may become a much darker place. I’m going to look forward towards the light.