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Since I saw no reason to expect the election to be settled on election night, I didn't bother with following the returns. The next day, I avoided TV, radio and internet until lunchtime, then took a deep breath and logged on for what I did expect: to spend the rest of the week on a stressful emotional roller coaster.
The first thing I read was a message of disappointment from a pro-Trump acquaintance, which ignited a spark of hope. I found my way to an electoral college map page -- it took a couple of seconds for it to sink in that Joe was leading 243-214. Equally important, the map also indicated that Joe was ahead in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada: winning those three states alone would give him exactly 270 electoral votes!
About three hours later (during which time CNN had called Wisconsin for Biden), I came across a story about Joe's transition team Web page, and that's when I knew it was over: that's when I knew that Joe knew that he'd scored the "minimum" 270 electoral votes. He would never have deployed the page if there was even an outside chance that he'd have to retract it. Ironically, it's precisely the sort of thing that Trump would do...and blame on Biden if it backfired!
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