And The Winner Is......

The straw vote at Harry’s Bar in Paris has been a tradition since 1924.

If a bar in Paris can establish a hundred-year tradition of accurately predicting American Presidential elections, it may be time for City Club to get in on the act.

As a Securus Locus, City Club has been an ideal safe place for our members to discuss politics during this “historic” and “most important election of our lifetime.” According to a Times/Siena poll, three-quarters of American voters say democracy is under threat, and nearly half say it does not accurately represent the American public.

With the election in a dead heat, half the population thinks Donald Trump is a Fascist, while the other half thinks Kamala Harris is a Socialist. Trump is too confident about everything, and Harris is too invasive about everything. The idea that America’s decline is inevitable has been in vogue since the 1920s when the industrialist Armand Hammer promoted the idea that the future belongs to the Soviet Socialists. In the 1930s, Charles Lindbergh saw Hitler’s Germany as the emerging global power. In the 1970s, Japan’s rising sun and industrial efficiency were destined to overshadow American Capitalism. Today, many believe Communist China’s central planning will overtake America’s chaotic approach to governing. 

The anarchists and revolutionaries want to abolish the Constitution, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, and Filibusters. Elon Musk is the richest and most influential man in the world. America is going through a rough patch. Internally, we have been the most divided since the Civil War. Externally, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are challenging us in Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Our National debt is dangerously high, and our Dollar is historically weak. But if America has survived and prospered for 248 years and 46 elections, I trust we will get through this rough patch, too, ensuring that The Election Will End. The World Won’t.

So here is my prediction for the winner of next Tuesday’s election . . . . drum roll please: 

Whether Trump or Harris is declared the winner of this election, the real winner will be Franklin’s American Republic, which will be politically battle-hardened and worth keeping.

— Sina.