Many politicians' platforms and performances seem to be built on the idea that there is a sucker born every minute. Unfortunately, unless the truth is effectively communicated, half of the people prove them right. We cannot continue to vote for candidates based on their lies. We must raise our standards. Anyone who in the future backs campaign finance reform, which effectively squelches the ability to tell the truth in the face of such lies, should consider how low our nation will sink.
Free speech is sometimes expensive, but our future depends on it.
Given the large numbers of questionable ballots in play, we could reasonably infer that the margin of error in the statewide vote for president is actually larger than the margin of victory for one candidate over another. In other words, it's a statistical tie. I never could understand it. Voting should be by popular vote. Had the election been done that way, it would be over and we wouldn't be in this fiasco in Florida.