Winning The Election Early

IF EARLY VOTING DIDN'T EXIST, the media would be telling us that Hillary Clinton seems to be ahead by several points nationally, and is ahead in most states, including most swing states, or battleground states, as we like to say. Over the next few days, the mainstream media and pollsters might start telling us that the lead for Hillary has narrowed a bit, and that Trump might be up by a point or two in Ohio and Florida, and that he needs to continue to shore up his support in order to have a chance. On the final day or two before election day November 8, if we didn't have early voting, and the score was still tied at zero, we the American people might be told that the race has narrowed to a virtual dead heat, with both candidates polling close in most states. Without early voting, the excitement would be growing. But, the fact is, for a while now we have had early voting, and we now have it in thirty seven states plus Washington D.C and in the military and for American overseas and absentee voters, all of whom can vote early, in what is an increasingly popular trend. As of now something like ten million people have already voted, and several million will vote everyday through November 8. By the time election day November 8 arrives, half the people will have already voted, and if we are told on the morning of November 8 that the election has narrowed to a dead heat, or even if it really has, it won't make any difference, it will already be over anyway, because of early voting. During all of the early voting period Hillary has been indisputably ahead in the polls, still is, and according to the laws of statistics, the early votes will match the polls, which tend to be accurate, much to Hillary's good fortune. The excitement of waiting until election day is a bit watered down when every day is an election day, and the actual election day is only the final of many election days. It somehow is strange to realize the truth; that whoever is ahead now has already won.