To say it has been worse than we expected is a colossal understatement. This could be Belfast in 1968 – or South Carolina circa 1868-1876. Stephanie McCurry: What I fear most is the political conflict could easily descend into violence. On November 3rd we will head down path A: a Biden win and a return to the ordinary disappointments of political life or path B: a second hair-thin Trump victory eked out via the electoral college and continued complicity in an ugly regime of authoritarian cruelty at home and abroad. But no poll can allay the fear so many of us feel at the prospect of another four years in Trump’s America. The polls show a substantial lead for Democratic Party candidate Joseph Biden. As I write this at my desk in New York City shortly before election day, it is impossible to shake the sense of dread.
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