We Need a Landslide in November

We need a landslide in November, but I don’t think we are going to get one.  In August of 2020, I wrote this:

“I hope the election in November is a landslide.  In saying that, I’m not saying who I want to win (you can find that elsewhere).  I’m just saying I just hope it’s not close because I’m not sure we, as a nation, can handle another close election.”

In spite of my hope, 2020 was just as close as 2016, and we only barely got through it.  If we have another election like that, the aftermath could easily be worse than 2020.  If Harris wins, Trump and his supporters will say the election was stolen.  Who knows what they will do, but it won’t be good.

On the other hand, if Trump wins a close election, Harris supporters may react just as badly, justifying whatever they do by saying that democracy is at risk.¹

I have written before about the “Coming Constitutional Crisis of 2024”.²  I am just as worried today about a constitutional crisis after the election as I was when I wrote those posts – if not more so.  We need a landslide in November, but I fear the only landslide we are going to get will be what happens after the election.
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¹ Actually, I am not sure how some Harris supporters would react to even a Trump landslide if they believe democracy is at risk, but that is a separate issue.
² See: “The Coming Constitutional Crisis of 2024” (December 20, 2023), "If Trump Is a Threat to Democracy, What If He Wins?” (January 22, 2024), and “The Coming Constitutional Crisis of 2024 – And American Foreign Policy” (April 3, 2024).