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Welcome to the week after election week.聽

The process of certifying this vote will be, as usual, deliberate. The Bush-Gore race wasn鈥檛 final until December 2000, but this time election officials aren鈥檛 eyeing hanging chads 鈥� or anything raised by monitors from either party during the count.聽

Concession by the side that came up short is . Nor of course is grace, the spectrum of which has 鈥� at its soaring end 鈥� examples such as from 1992 respecting 鈥渢he majesty of the democratic system鈥� and , pledging to work with President Barack Obama.

鈥淭his campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life,鈥� Senator McCain said. 鈥淎nd my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude.鈥�

Grace was exhibited by the president-elect on Saturday night. 鈥淔or all those of you who voted for President Trump,鈥� Mr. Biden said, 鈥淚 understand the disappointment tonight. I鈥檝e lost a couple of times myself. But now, let鈥檚 give each other a chance.鈥�

Amid car horns and dancing by those celebrating the outcome, all-caps grievance tweets by the defeated incumbent over the weekend contrasted with an American tradition of accepting election outcomes once a result becomes clear.聽

For many of Mr. Trump鈥檚 supporters this moment remains raw. And the online trade in falsehoods, like the that even the conspiracy videos showed were just samples, has fed distrust. Yet one variation on that stark and red/blue electoral map 鈥� a visualization of 鈥� hints at how purple signals an opportunity for a cooperative, grassroots grace.

鈥淭o make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies,鈥� said President-elect Biden. 鈥淭hey are not our enemies. They鈥檙e Americans. They鈥檙e Americans.鈥�