Here’s the thing. A race is decided when all the ballots are in. That’s it. Written By: Terry Woster | ×
Having spent four decades of my life as a news reporter covering politics and elections, I’ve struggled with the idea that so many people can believe an election in the United States has been rigged.
I’m not criticizing people who think that. I’m trying to understand them. They believe what they believe. They’ve been told non-stop that the election would be rigged and has been rigged. They believe their candidate, not the long-established process.
People get so caught up in politics they only trust what their “side’’ says. That’s especially so these days of all-the-time information, a fair amount of it carelessly or deliberately inaccurate. I’ve always believed I should test the validity of my opinions and beliefs by going out of my way to read and hear opposing views. These days an attitude like that is viewed with suspicion, as if