Margins have narrowed in all the remaining battlegrounds — those where Trump is leading the vote count, as well as those where former Vice President Joe Biden holds an edge. Biden still has a clearer path to victory, with the possibility that he wins narrowly or still relatively easily in the Electoral College.
The waiting for final tallies is normal. The moment is decidedly not.
Even the results of the election could seem small compared to the extraordinary declarations of the president. His baseless allegations about vote fraud and attempted election-rigging pour rhetorical gasoline on a slow-burning nation — and raise questions about what the president wouldn’t do to secure reelection.
What Trump said shouldn’t surprise voters, including the some 70 million who just voted for Trump. Imagined election fraud has long been part of his repertoire of grievances, and such appeals are unlikely to end even with his presidency.
