As I write this at one in the morning, I’m seeing the Virginia Governor’s race declared a win for the Republican Youngkin in a contest that is reasonably close, certainly in the bag for Youngkin. His victory speech was excellent.
This is a major victory for Republicans and many say it indicates a major shift in public opinion and will trigger a change in control of Congress in 2022. I’m hoping this is the case.
The New Jersey governors race appears to be going the Democrat incumbent Murphy as expected, but it is currently Ciattarelli the Republican in the lead with 80% of the vote, much closer than the polls suggested.
The other major development, in my humble opinion, is that the vote in Minneapolis to change the police into a “Department of Public Safety” was defeated. This means that the whole “defund the police” line of thought is done in ground zero of the movement. Another good result.
By all opinions Republicans are “overperforming.”
But as I publish this, I can’t help but fear that during the night, a massive number of votes will appear from the recalcitrant Fairfax County. Apparently the “mail in” votes have not all been counted. This is the richest county in Virginia, but for some reason has been exceedingly slow in reporting its election results. Some other counties have yet to count their mail in votes as well. My sinister suspicions are that the Democrats are just waiting to see how many votes they need to win, then they will “count” that many.
It also seemed the more populated areas of New Jersey are also the last to report their mail in ballots. I can’t help but be suspicious of them as well.
Is my fear justified? I keep thinking of the 2020 election, knowing the numbers never added up, knowing the evidence presented over and over again that was ridiculed by mainstream media and watching while information was brutally censored by the big tech social media companies.
I remember with horror, the massive number of votes that suddenly hit the mainstream media’s voting boards at 3am the night of the election. There seemed to be no reason, indeed no statistical possibility of this happening. And yet it did.
Am I just suffering from a very specific mental illness (along with millions of others)? Or is this a real danger?
I guess I will know when I wake up tomorrow.