Still counting votes. Democracy still hangs in the balance. What a crazy country. This Electoral College thing is such a clusterfuck. Looks like the Democratic Ticket (Biden/Harris), will win the Popular Vote, (again), and that should be the end of the story, but unfortunately, that's not how it works.
Yikes.
I have been a fool. Religiously reading the political data scientists like Nate Silver, Nate Cohn, G. Elliot Morris. They all built fancy polling models, calculating odds & probabilities. All of their projections were basically off. Polling is just such a squirrelly art. Maybe more art than science. Maybe not all that useful?
My companion instead consulted her favorite astrologer, Chani Nicholas, "full moon in Taurus." Both of them seemed, always, on firmer ground:
"The first week of November asks you to be more mindful than usual about your delivery, and perhaps more patient than you want to be about a response. The tension that occurs before, during and after Mars stations direct makes your interpersonal landscape interesting."
Right. Things are definitely looking interesting. I look at my blog post from yesterday. I still think we should all dare to be optimistic, hopeful, etc. But this morning I am feeling a lot more cautious, humble, uncertain, and confused.
Welcome to USA in pandemic 2020.
Dare I say it? Once all the votes are counted, I think somehow Biden does emerge the winner, but it's now looking like a very close and "iffy" thing. Maybe comes down again to voters in Michigan & Wisconsin. What a crazy, mixed-up way to run a country. Wild. Weird.