As a trauma victim from Election Day 2016 I find myself in a state of high anxiety since waking up yesterday. This morning my concentration is shot, but Rick Wilson does have a few simple rules that perhaps may help get us through until nightfall, and then through whatever recounts and challenges may be our fate.
1/ Rick's Election Day Rules. It's my 30th year in this madcap business and I know a couple election day truths to help maintain your sanity. Here we go.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
2/ Weather means nothing. Seriously. STFU about weather. https://t.co/idezB50UjV
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
3/ When the exit polls leak, and they will, stop. Look away, Marian. The early waves mean nothing. Make no assumptions. https://t.co/53P3BGqqN0
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
4/ Stay on your game, campaigners. You're not done unless you're a media buyer or a pollster. Field people need to be hustling until the doors close. Candidates need to be out and visible til it's over. https://t.co/RFBcnDUF5j
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
5/ Anecdotal stories of long lines are just that: anecdotal. Anecdotal stories of the demographics of long lines are even more intangible. https://t.co/zvfRC3P8Zo
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
6/ I have an election day superstition/tradition of having g Mexican food and a margarita, rocks no salt. You should have one too. https://t.co/OYAyShmsQr
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 6, 2018
This is as good a plan as anything I’ve found so far to get through this. I’m going to go get huevos rancheros and then vote. And God knows I need a drink.
It’s going to be a long day and a long night, I fear.
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