This Old House

After being poked, prodded, and battered for four years, it might just find its foundation again.

No matter which side of the political divide you’ve inhabited, November 7, 2020, 11.27 a.m. EST will be etched in the history of the US. Everybody is going to remember exactly what they were doing, and where they were when they learnt that the Biden-Harris ticket had won the 2020 US presidential election.

That the US holds a certain position in the world is undeniable, and the damage that has been wrought across it by the current occupant of the White House is not going to be reversible overnight. Trump and his coterie have emboldened depraved leaders of many other countries, making life absolutely unlivable for swaths of humanity. The demands on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are going to be tremendous and the whole world will be watching their every move.

The results of this election, even as incomplete as they are today, have shone a light on many aspects of life and politics in the US, and some conclusions are easier to draw than others. Perhaps the easiest and most obvious conclusion is that the option to mail your vote makes a huge difference in how many people vote — this year has seen the highest turnout; by the time all ballots are accounted for, more than 66% of eligible voters will have voiced their choice for the 46th US president. Hopefully, we will see this…