Donald Trump's charges of a rigged election could wreak havoc with the American political system for years to come, The Boston Globe says.
"If Trump graciously concedes, perhaps his supporters will realize that all his talk of a rigged election was campaign bluster," Globe staff writer Evan Horowitz wrote Tuesday.
"But with a different reaction, Trump could sap Clinton's legitimacy from day one, undermining the tradition of peaceful transition so essential to the workings of American democracy."
Horowitz says 81 percent of Trump's supporters believe the election could be "stolen" through fraud, which "could mean months of contestation — possibly even violence."
"Trump's campaign still insists that their candidate will respect the will of voters. But every use of the word "rigged" undermines that promise," he writes.
"Increasingly, the big question in this election isn't what will happen on November 8 — with Trump now a miracle's distance from victory — but on the 9th."
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