Re: Democrats fear race may be slipping away from Harris

"By now America is well versed in the predictions of the political
right’s potential response should Donald Trump lose on Nov. 5: Anxiety
boils about another stop-the-steal effort to contest the outcome.
Far less scrutinized: How might the left reckon with a Kamala Harris
defeat? How would the Democrats handle a result that many have for
months proclaimed is an existential threat to democracy itself?
As polls narrow, some Democratic stalwarts are trying to temper the
sense of despair and the occasionally apocalyptic forecasts sweeping
through their party. Jim Hannon, a psychotherapist and seasoned liberal
organizer in Massachusetts, counseled calm in an open letter last week,
noting Harris’s campaign strength, while urging a broader perspective.
“Trump could win. So, panic then? No,” he wrote. “A Trump presidency
would be awful but not the end of history.”
Democrats have been here before. In 2016, their bewilderment at Trump’s
victory gave way to a resistance that spawned the Women’s March that
drew nearly half-a-million protesters to Washington, D.C., and millions
more to related rallies nationwide.
This time would differ, many veterans of that movement agree. Trump is
no longer an unknown entity. Moreover, the possibility of his victory,
unimaginable to many eight years ago, is now as good as a coin toss."
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