It's looking the same way it broke on Election night (a ten vote lead).

We had $100 left on Election night. And a $79 bill at the bar,

You won the election, but I won the count.

Election isn't about choosing the right person; it's about choosing the right candidate from the voter's view point.

The plight of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil man

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.