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   “We’ve looked at different countries,” she said. “I really think it’s going   
   to be that bad if he wins.”   
      
   Varon is skeptical of pledges to leave the U.S., a complex process that can   
   take years. More likely, he argued, is that people would turn inward. In   
   weaker moments, he confessed, he has imagined riding out a second Trump   
   administration at his Hudson Valley home, strumming his guitar and gardening.   
   “Most people,” Varon predicted, “are going to stay here and figure out some   
   way to cope with the next four years. The danger is resignation.”   
      
   Not long ago, the mood seemed brighter. Some Democrats flirted with optimism   
   after Biden’s July exit from the race and then a buoyant convention that   
   propelled Harris. Now, many are contemplating defeat, in some instances by   
   studying the recent experience of abortion-rights and pro-LGBTQ+ groups in   
   conservative states and mining lessons.   
      
   The hope, according to Gabe Tobias, a political strategist who has advised   
   U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and other members of “the   
   Squad,” would be to minimize the damage Trump could do in a second term.   
      
   For all the unease, pre-election unrest is far lower than in 2020, according   
   to Erin Miller, of ACLED, a nonprofit organization that monitors conflict   
   worldwide. It was just as likely, she speculated, that a second Trump victory   
   would pass with a whimper as opposed to an uprising. “It’s not a shock” this   
   time, she observed.   
      
   That is little comfort to Fiero, who recalls election night eight years ago   
   when she had a bottle of prosecco ready to toast what would be Hillary   
   Clinton’s historic victory. Then the results trickled in. “Around 8 o’clock,   
   excuse my French, I said to my husband: this [guy’s] going to win!”   
      
   Soon the former marketing specialist found herself signing up for the Texas   
   branch of the Women’s March and then being thrust into a leadership role when   
   other volunteers became overwhelmed. “For me, the Women’s March kind of   
   pulled me out of a terrible funk,” she recalled.   
      
   This election season, Fiero foresees darkness. “It scares me to my core,” she   
   said. “My gut tells me she’ll win. But it told me Hillary would, too.”   
      
   --   
   "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,"   
           -- DoJ-certified imbecile Joe Biden   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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