KRUGMAN: Faith in America

Published November 2, 2994 in The New York Times

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Those who govern us seem to have learned little from the 2000 electoral debacle: voting machines are still unreliable, voting officials are still unforgivably partisan.

But the public seems to have learned a lesson. Instead of becoming cynical, people seem to have become motivated. After an election in which a few hundred votes determined the fate of the nation, after four years of an administration that has demonstrated, for good or ill, that it matters a lot who becomes president, citizens know that their votes matter. And they are determined to cast those votes.

What will happen when they do cast those votes? I don't know; neither does anyone else. That's how democracy works.

Regular readers won't be in any doubt about who I want to win, though New York Times rules prevent me from giving any explicit endorsement. (Hint: it's the side that benefits from large turnout.) Above all, though, I want to see democracy vindicated, and the stain of 2000 eradicated, by a clean election in which as many people as possible get to cast their votes, and have those votes counted.

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Atrios, TPM (Josh M)... I bet he at least lurks (if not posts) on DU on occasion as well. Hi Paul, great column as usual. :hi:

Good writing as always and so appropriate for election day.

who Paul is voting for? hmmmmmmm.....

I worked in Reno for 60-70 hours in four days to make NV go blue. A real bummer.