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Political Tales of the Weird: Five Takeaways from the Election

From Woody Allen aphorisms to AI slop, Tuesday's election provided a raft of results that offered surprise, confirmation of historic trends, and deep doubts about the future of democracy.

Political Tales of the Weird: Five Takeaways from the Election

This story first appeared at SB Newsmakers .

As every school child knows, Election Night in California is actually just the kickoff for Election Weeks - or sometime Election Months.

Estimates vary but there are well over a million votes out there yet to be counted statewide, which are unlikely to create seismic shifts in most of the results reported since polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday - but which could make a difference in extremely close contests.