Well, that wasn't the blue tidal wave I was anticipating

[packman]

More like a ripple - And that red rip of Trump in the middle of the U.S. really got to me

[bigtree]

1. most of that 'red middle' is uninhabited land

...the vast majority of Americans live where the blue votes came in.

[BKDem]

4. Even where the red middle is inhabited, there are few signs of intelligent life.

[Kingofalldems]

2. I never thought that SC or Georgia would elect a Democrat

as a Senator. It's the Confederacy.

[EarlG]

3. I don't think we should be floating the idea that a Biden victory is just "meh"

Prior to this election, exactly one incumbent president has been unseated in the last 40 years. America likes to re-elect presidents. Defeating one after their first term is a rare event these days.

I don't care if it is close -- if Biden wins, then a win is a win and we should treat it as such. He will have won the electoral college, won the popular vote, and received the most votes for president in history. Against an incumbent. That ain't nothing.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Ford, Carter and Bush 1?

Maybe my memory is getting foggy, but weren't all three unseated?

[EarlG]

6. HW Bush was the only one in the last 40 years (1992)

Carter was unseated in 1980.

[Wicked Blue]

7. Thanks. Time really does fly. nt

[crickets]

8. Excellent way to put things in perspective - thanks, EarlG! nt

[cwydro]

9. Nor the one so many predicted here.

Those who told us not to worry are being awfully quiet today.

This is exactly what I was worried about.