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I was not much interested in which candidate would win, personally. As many Americans have said, neither is good. What I was curious about was how democracy would fair in the election. It was blown away: "other" received less than 1% of the popular vote. We'd expect more from ballot error! I must conclude that US electoral politics have now reached full reduction, voters bound to authorise one wing or the other of what is in effect a unified regime. I'm sure to Americans Bush and Kerry look different. They always stress their differences.
Americans may find positive spin for these bizzarely close contests, to reassure themselves nothing is wrong.
Ironically, the only Americans to sway campaign strategy (and therefore election promises, party policy, and maybe concrete action later) was an unwitting cadre of some undecided voters in a few swing states. They numbered few, and - again a paradox - were found to be politically illiterate. There is your engine of political change.