> People rose to the occasion this time. A bit nitpicky, but I think it's important: "people" cannot be really considered responsible for the win. If just 1.5

> People rose to the occasion this time. A bit nitpicky, but I think it's important: "people" cannot be really considered responsible for the win. If just 1.5 voters every hundred had flipped side, Trump would have won. At this point, with the results so close, who wins the elections is basically a coin toss- which arguably isn't a terrible thing in democracy, as it means that the parties compete fiercely and almost optimally for votes. But still in the end the outcome of these elections seems due mostly to chance.