Floods may be overwhelming Spain but that deluge pales when compared with the heaps of “what if” opinions about tomorrow’s election outcome. There is a little something for everybody in reporting and analyzing polls. By now you may know which of the media outlets will provide aide and comfort to each side of the political spectrum. Hope is raised for each candidate only to be dampened by the fear that something horrible could happen if one does not vote. Papa is a history/politics junkie so it has been fun to watch since returning fom Cape Breton. I have read only one opinion that makes sense. It took an old football adage to emphasize a political point.

Football coach Woddy Hayes was famous for saying that three things can happen with a forward pass; and that two of them are bad. A political pundit discussed the value of polls in predicting this election. There are three possible outcomes for pollsters. Two are dangerous and one is safe. The polls have been consistently near tie status in the seven so called swing states. Which of the polls will correctly predict the winner? Who is the next annointed guru who will carry more weight in 2028? Or, who will be wrong and thus endanger staying in business to poll in 2028? Somebody has to be paying for the polling expertise. A risk reward situation.

To be safe there is the third route. Predict a tie as polls/outcome is too close to call. Papa, still on his mission to send a message to the political parties to put up a serious candidate, will nonetheless enjoy watching voting results tomorrow. It will be a more emotionally even keeled experience without a horse in the race. Alcohol to drown sorrows will not be needed. Agitated sleep will not cause Wednesday to be a day of fatigue. Blood presurre will be close to okay. Sure won’t be off my feed. It will be interesting to go to the gym that day and try to guess who voted for whom by the looks on the faces of members. Or, will America give a giant sigh of relief until 2028? In that regard a clear, near landslide result might be what the doctor ordered. Early to bed wouldn’t hurt either. Fingers crossed.