Atypical Elections

By Grant Oh

University High School

As elections went by, and many voters—even those around the globe—anticipated for the final results of who will become the next President of the United States, the outcome of election day really had not gone as planned.

On November 3rd, everyone had tuned into the TV, seeing numbers rise—only to find out that such numbers were nowhere close to 280. Biden, who won the popular and electoral vote, was on the lead; Trump, on the other hand, came close to only 220. As further investigation took place to understand the so-called “voter fraud,” many have decided to recount the number of voters, following Trump’s claim that there had seemed to be some issue in regards to the number of voters.

Only recently, investigators have found more information regarding the number of voters, as some facts of “deceased voters” were evident in the staggering numbers of voters—yet, much is not determined. Social media has widely stated that there Pennseylvania and Michigan, for example, involved dead voters, yet according to sources like APNews, many have stated that there are no corroborating pieces of information regarding the idea of “dead voters.”

According to ABC News, Schmidt, a Republican co-chair of the three member panel in charge of Philadelphia’s city’s election, explained, “I have seen the most fantastical things on social media, making completely ridiculous allegations that have no basis in fact at all and seen them spread.”

Rep. Matt Gaets on Twitter humorously claimed how dead voters “swung overwhelmingly” for Biden, as he attached a photo of a cemetery in Philadelphia. The clash between social media and news—including news v.s news—has always been a factor that has plagued much of the minds of the americans. Fake news, though an old topic, has been overcome with the global presence of digital technology, impacting the minds of not only older individuals but also those of generation Z. So long as the elections don’t become another pandemic to the coronavirus, the future will only determine where America will stand in response to the next President of the United States.