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MineralMan

(151,221 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 02:28 PM Oct 2024

At This Point, It Is Impossible to Tell What Will Happen

Polling is sketchy and all over the place. We don't have good data on how early voters are voting, and the media is firing in every direction without aiming at all.

So, what are we supposed to do?

The answer is as simple as it always is. The last day of voting is next Tuesday. Those who choose to vote, as I do, on Election day, will do their thing, and counting will begin in the evening. After a couple of hours, we'll begin to see results coming in. Over the ensuing 48 hours, we'll know what the result is.

There are two choices, at this point. One is to watch the results and react accordingly.
The other is to fret and pace the floor endlessly.

You decide which way you will go. Me? I'll be watching results. Being panicky isn't my thing.

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At This Point, It Is Impossible to Tell What Will Happen (Original Post) MineralMan Oct 2024 OP
Well stated. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #1
Is drinking an option? getagrip_already Oct 2024 #2
I've had 2 beers since March 8th, 2020 wolfie001 Oct 2024 #4
I will be imbibing.... sdfernando Oct 2024 #7
This point... lame54 Oct 2024 #3
While that is true, there has also been time for MineralMan Oct 2024 #8
I see President 50/50...who knows? Mark.b2 Oct 2024 #5
Donnie can't win without lying and cheating. So he'll lie and cheat. struggle4progress Oct 2024 #6

wolfie001

(7,643 posts)
4. I've had 2 beers since March 8th, 2020
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 02:40 PM
Oct 2024

The start of the pandemic. Now that I've retired (a bit early), I need to watch every penny and I'm too cheap to buy it. Best of luck to you though!

sdfernando

(6,084 posts)
7. I will be imbibing....
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 02:57 PM
Oct 2024

Either in celebration or despair.....but I am leaning hard to the celebration end of things.....

...1st drink that night will be after I get home from casting my ballot for the first female of African & Indian decent for PRESIDENT of the United States of America!!!

MineralMan

(151,221 posts)
8. While that is true, there has also been time for
Wed Oct 30, 2024, 03:35 PM
Oct 2024

things to change people's minds. That time has come and gone, though, now. Both candidates have made their final big appearances, for better or worse. they know that the everyone's mind is made up, about everything, now.

So, now, we wait, once we vote as individuals, anyhow. I vote on election day, out of habit, and also because I'm done at the same time voting ends. Then, I watch to see how the results turn out. Sometimes, I'm glad. Sometimes, I'm not. And so it has been since the first election I voted in in 1966.

Now, at age 79, I'm coming up on my last election soon enough. Same story, though.

Vote, and then watch the results come in. Then, adapt to those results. So it goes.

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