What happened in the last election? My interest in this question came from the fact that we weren’t allowed to ask it. It’s like the box in the corner that you tell your kids not to touch while you’re out.

After the 2016 election? Many were questioning the election’s integrity. The Trump win surprised many. But after 2020? You weren’t allowed to say a peep. That alone proves nothing, but it did make me wonder.

It was a most unusual election. Double the number of mail-in ballots as 2016. Half as many voting on Election Day (60% in 2016, 28% in 2020). Half the margin of victory — slim in 2016, slimmer in 2020. The 2016 election came down to 80K votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The 2020 election came down to less than 43K votes in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin. If Trump wins those, its 269-269, with the GOP-majority House delegation giving him the victory.

I didn’t come at this issue assuming............