MARK HALPERIN: 5 truths Republicans and Democrats should know to be ready to accept the election results

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : Some of them think Trump is fun and funny, a good showman.
61% : They think if Trump wins, he will do a better job as president addressing their own everyday concerns.
57% : If Trump beats Harris, they will need compassion, space to grieve, maybe a reassuring pat on the shoulder or hug.2.
40% : Reds genuinely have been outraged by what they perceive as lawfare, a dubious use of the legal system to stymie and penalize Trump politically as well as legally.
31% : Not necessarily because they deplore all progressive, left-leaning, or Democratic-style principles, but because they have systematically been driven away from the Democratic Party by a culture they deem unfair, unsafe, and even un-American: a media they perceive as so biased as to be untrustworthy; woke trends in schools, higher learning, and the workplace that can create more discrimination than equity; troubling rhetoric about Israel from Democratic leaders that they fear could jeopardize the American-Israel alliance, stability in the Middle East, and the safety of Jews in the United States; and aggressive machinations against Trump from Democrats such as Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., that they feel have cracked appropriate boundaries of political power.2.
30% : Some are more comfortable with Trump, a person they know, the bad and the good, than with Harris, a candidate they feel they still haven't gotten a chance to fully apprehend.
25% : Throughout much of the 2024 presidential race, Trump has been wrestling with criminal indictments and civil actions, both state and federal, ranging from falsifying business transactions to mishandling classified documents to fallout from the 2020 election dispute.
25% : They are going to be really upset if Trump wins.

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