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>>22281093
>What impact will a strongly contested election in which no one concedes have on the financial markets?
Generally negative. Markets hate uncertainty more than anything else.

I personally plan on selling everything off before the election. Because in the event it's a close election like 2016, where you have numerous swing states all within a few thousands votes, shit is going to hit the fan. Namely because of mail-in voting that's being offered across the country. Now I'm sure it may differ from state to state, but as long as a ballot is mailed in on or before election day, it'll be counted towards the overall vote, even if the board of elections doesn't receive the ballot until after election day. That means, in the event we several close calls in enough states to reach that 270 electoral vote mark, no one is going to concede or call those states for either candidate until all those votes have been counted. That could take weeks or even months after the fact.

>>22281437
US isn't going to devolve into Civil War after the election. In 4-12 years? Yes, absolutely.

>>22281580
When it does happen, you can guarantee violence will spill into Canada. And in the very best circumstances, you'll be flooded with refugees, and your government won't be able to stem the tide of them flowing across a largely unprotected border.