Atheists, agnostics, long-haired, weirdos, short-haired widows, vandal,

I'm the government, hug the government, love, the government, the government,

love the government, the government, how the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan,

rational and civil debate on American politics and policy.

I'm Michael Beranowski, a professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University.

Today I'm joined by, well, I'm joined by everyone, actually, in this special all-hands-on-deck

post-election episode. Now, I guess I should say that, yeah, after our 2016, after the 2016 election,

we also had an all-hands-on-deck episode, but that was just Jay and me. And so we've

expanded considerably since then. And so I'm very happy that everyone was able to join me today

for us to talk about the election. And also, before we get started, a couple of quick things.

I want to thank everyone who has listened to and

given me comments in my new podcast. Politics makes me sick. I do appreciate the feedback.

Thanks so much. This week's was kind of interesting. I tried to make, I tried to put myself

in the mindset of a Trump supporter. And I don't know how well I did, but I'd be curious to

hear what people think. So there you go. Also, I'd like to thank our newest

sustaining supporters on Patreon, Nathan, Carl, and Julie. Nathan wrote in, I've been listening to

your podcast since almost day one. It has been such a grounding source of information while I was

determining my own ideals, which ended up different from my parents.

What I like about your show is that you talk about politics without leaving the real world

or the real people who are living and dying every day behind.

So thanks, Nathan.

We really appreciate that.

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