We're in the last few weeks of the first and (probably) only Biden administration, although if Trump can make a comeback four years later maybe Biden can also LOL ( Read more... )

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol [that led to 10 deaths and 174 injured police officers], was convicted of [34] felony charges, [found liable for rape,] and ( Read more... )

I did sleep for a while, fell asleep quickly after 9pm. Now I wake to see the betting markets and the NYT agree that Trump has >95% chance of winning, and the NYT even projects Trump will win the national popular vote along with the Electoral Votes of all seven swing states. For the third time in a row, the polls failed to capture the late break ( Read more... )

I had a calm work day, then went to my massage, then came back to the house and cooked dinner for the two of us. Now I'm in bed, because I have to leave extra early tomorrow morning to drop off my car for its 30,000 mile service and then commute downtown ( Read more... )

I slept like a rock after the day of chores, and with T back in the house, but now I'm awake. It's a Maids Monday, but we're pretty much ready for it because I did all the prep yesterday. And it's the last day before Election Day, although 77,317,453 people have already voted, which is almost half of the total turnout in 2020. So many early ( Read more... )

Trump receives 52% of the major-party vote, and a bare majority of the popular vote ( Read more... )

Only five more business days as a supervisor, wow. I won't move offices immediately, we'll need to schedule a big office swap as I'm not the only person moving internally. Two non-supervisor managers are becoming supervisors of different workgrous, and one non-supervisor manager is moving to a different workgroup, just as I will move to a ( Read more... )

Every so often I dig deep into some polling results, instead of just scanning the averages or election models. Was looking at the latest from the New York Times, and saw ( Read more... )

Betting markets suggest that now Minnesota is the closest battleground state between Biden and Trump, and the latest Minnesota poll shows a tie. Republicans haven't taken Minnesota's electoral votes since 1972 ( Read more... )

I didn't think this debate would matter in November, and I'd already thought Trump would win, but tonight may have been the literal end of Biden ( Read more... )