Up at 4, went with trepidation to the New York Times to see what our fate was, only to find an inconclusive outcome I hadn't bargained for. Biden was ahead though, and that's been the position all day, with Trump sometimes seeming likely to overtake him and sometimes not.

When I got back from Tesco Trump had falsely declared victory and I had a strange feeling of there being two alternate futures phasing in and out. All the US networks, even Faux, commented disapprovingly on this utterance of Trump's, and at first I thought 'He'll get them back for that- fake news, liberal media etc'. But then I realised that was only in one future. In the other it's the point where he started to look like a loser.

Later he tried casting suspicion on the absentee ballots, which are mostly Dem because it's they who feared they'd be prevented from voting in person. Once again the Republican politicians are being offered a choice between supporting Trump, and supporting the rule of law. This time though might be the last time there is a choice.

(9pm). Listening to the World Service news now it's 'How will President Biden - if it is President Biden - deal with this' and how many votes Biden needs to win, and Trump's people are reduced to suing and insinuating fraud. This is the most it's gone over to Biden so far. Then again, this is the closest election I've ever followed, it makes us 2016 and UK 2017 look like clear-cut conclusions. I thought it would be we who would be reduced to making legal challenges.

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