Editorial reassessment

Last week’s editorial was wrong in stating that “Kamala Harris will win the national popular count.” The editor assumed more than 156 million people – the 2020 presidential turnout – would vote. Instead, when another 4 million California ballots are counted, the 2024 turnout will be just over 152 million – almost 5 million fewer voters than in 2020. The editor’s analysis is that Harris’s popular vote victory evaporated because 5 million people stayed home. The editor regrets not knowing that fact when he finished his editorial on Nov. 4.