My guess is that there may be 3 to 5 electoral college irregularities, having no significant effect on the outcome but providing an interesting footnote in discussions of faithless electors. Most will stay with the program and do what they are supposed to do. One or two won’t, not a huge deal and perhaps the last gasp of this lifeless drama.
Meanwhile, the effort to “explain” the election with reference to massive Russian interference will slowly die from lack of both support and relevance. The basic fact is that attitudes towards Clinton and Trump were polarized from the start and releasing information about them during the campaign probably changed almost no votes on either side. If anyone did change their mind, it was more likely due to something they saw during a debate. Nobody hacked into the debates. It is what it is — an ongoing sharp divide between the heartland and the cities, that may begin to fade if Trump does manage to improve the economy. As with Reagan, his reputation may grow in office despite a campaign by elites to discredit him.
I am optimistic but I would not brush any of this stuff aside, vigilance and freedom were forever related by a better man than most of us half a century ago.
The MSM was suggesting, if not predicting, a Stock Market collapse if Trump won. So he won and the DOW made a run at 20,000. So what's the news?
"DOW BACKS OFF RECORD RUN"
Learn to live with it.
This nonsensical hysteria isn’t going to end with the Electoral College vote. Next up will be bizarre theories about preventing inauguration, and then move on to headlines such as ‘BREAKING: Trump Only a Few Votes from Impeachment!’
FR’s audience for this kind of stuff is likely to shrink.