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We wondered what would happen on a cruise ship on election day. Tricolor cupcakes? Food fights? Flag burning?


Boarding through security, we were happy for a great big “No Guns Allowed” sign. A screen the size of Vermont looms over the swimming pool, an ideal place for a watch party. Alas, no election coverage there. Travelogues, “Back to the Future,” and a Gaga documentary played all day.

The Jumbotron over the pool plays Lady Gaga while votes are counted.

On our own TV our election was the top story of the day, on the British and Australian news, followed by Queen Camilla’s chest infection.

The TV in our room plays BBC News


But here aboard ship, the 1200 Americans raiding the buffet and roasting by the pool seem completely oblivious. They’re not, of course — who can ignore a contest between a potential first female president and a convicted felon, fascist, and sexual predator?


You can’t make this stuff up.


Still, in five days, we have not seen a single MAGA hat, or Harris T-shirt, or any other obvious partisan symbol. We’ve seen American flag shirts and navy veteran hats, but they can mean anything.

A dense bar aboard the ship during election returns. They’re playing trivia.


After roaming the ship for a few hours eavesdropping on conversations, all non-political, we retired to our own cabin television, where the news told us things were not … going well. We turned it off.


The next day we got off the ship for a visit to Hawaii. We’ll be house hunting in Tahiti.

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