binary

I don’t lack the imagination to conceive of a different world, one in which our grand democratic process isn’t whittled down to a binary choice—but I know that the gulf between what should be reality and what is reality remains vast, and so it is without hesitation that I swallow the acrid pill of pragmatism and hope that enough fellow voters do the same.

While contemplating this depressing binary in the race’s final days, I’ve been thinking about how we got here.

Ultimately, there is no binary.

But given that Harris will carry the District of Columbia, where I live, by at least 30 points, the “It’s a binary choice!” arguments leave me cold.

You can use those binary measurements, like tackles made, distance run or sprints and it tells you one thing about him - but not everything.