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There's a difference between realizing polls aren't perfectly accurate, and proclaiming them all worthless all the time (particularly only doing so when they don't tell you what you want to hear.) If anything positive comes out of tonight, maybe it will be people learning how to objectively analyze and predict outcomes while distancing themselves from simply always seeing what they hope to see.

Yep - well stated. While this site can be a powerful force for good, it can also at times become an echo chamber. That's clearly what happened in the weeks leading up to this election; we refused to see the data that was presented to us.

That's clearly what happened in the weeks leading up to this election; we refused to see the data that was presented to us.

What is the importance of coldly analyzing the data? Were you planning on switching sides if you thought we were losing? We are not a site for analyzing polls, we are for conservative discussion and activism. Our duty is to fight the good fight, not run away if things seem tough.

There are not many who can act like the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, accepting inevitable destruction. There was obviously always a chance we could have done better, and we could have done far worse (if you think tonight is bad, try living through election night, 1964). Keeping up our spirits during the heat of battle is one of the functions of this site. Now we need to relax for a few days, analyze the results, see what went right and wrong, and plan for the future.

Or we can run away and hide under our beds. Which is your choice?