I find it harrowing that five of the top Atlantic articles concern how divided America has become, and that it remains divided even now in the face of reelection. It's a long way back to sanity, but things likely will never go back to normal. Like the world, the American political climate has changed, and how we adapt, as well as what we do to quell the heated environment, is up to us.

Personally, I can't stress enough the fact that this means holding off on flaming each other - if all you throw around is fire, you can't complain that you're surrounded by ash.

Since there seems to be no change in the election situation, I won't bother with another update until tomorrow. I will, however, leave you guys with this interesting bit of math.

According to Reference.com, the estimated population of America is 327,167,434 citizens. Of those, about 253,768,092 are of majority age(18 or older) - a 77.6% of the national population, who can legally vote. Out of the voting population, so far 140,675,937 ballots have been counted this election, according to USAToday - more than any other election I can recall in my lifetime (A recurring thought these past two days - for reference, I was born in '92). That means as of now, at least 55.435% of the voting population - 42.998% of all Americans - have cast their vote this year.

Broken down, 72,075,753 of these votes are Democrat, with 68,600,184 going to the Republicans. Percentage-wise, that's 22.030%/20.968% of the national population, 28.402%/27.032% of legible voters, and a split of 51.235%/48.765% for all those who voted.

Fractions like those do not delineate a United States of America. The Atlantic was painfully correct in identifying our nation as split in two, with both factions in the midst of a Cold War. When Rome was split between east and west, there were no winners - the only outcome being one side died out quicker than the other. After an Empire is split in two, their strength, and the strength of their name, is forever lost.

Stay strong, y'all.