So we got it some NBC news exit polling from the election here.

And they asked voters how they felt about the direction of the country.

And the options they gave them were extremely satisfied, somewhat satisfied, dissatisfied,

and angry.

And 71% of those who responded to the exit poll said that they were either dissatisfied or angry.

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Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day and the

ideas that shape us.

I'm your host, Joseph back home.

Welcoming you to yet another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

We try to look at the world as it exists presently and think about it correctly.

So is there anything happening that we can be thinking about?

And of course, there is.

After the craziest election cycle,

I think of my lifetime in maybe ever, a couple of assassination attempts, a switch out of a candidate

three months before an election, the American people have reelected Donald Trump to the White

House and to the surprise of many. it wasn't particularly close while we are

recording this the Thursday after the election. And so that means the results are not final

all over the country. It appears that all of the seven vaunted swing states, which got all

of the attention, will eventually vote for Donald Trump. He appears also to have won the popular

vote by more than 5 million votes. And that is, that's surprising to a lot of observers.

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