Tuesday night was the first election night in recent memory during which I did not park myself in front of a television for hours to watch "the results." Consequently, for the first time in years, I have possession of the pertinent facts — no "red wave," but control of Congress still undecided — without an election night migraine.
I use quotation marks around "the results" because, of course, one cannot spend hours watching election-night results. The actual results can be ascertained in a few minutes once they have finally been tabulated.
What takes hours is the coverage of the tabulation, with all its magic maps, grids, charts and endless predictions and pontificating. About what it would mean if this should happen, or that. About how the polls appear to have been wrong, or right, and why that might be. About what this election might or might not say about President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.
