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Ballroom Election Results Display

Screen behind the ballroom podium flashes numerical vote tallies for Bartlet, Ritchie, Wilde, and Webb, drawing every eye as returns confirm the president's re-election. Bartlet mounts the podium amid the erupting crowd; the glowing numbers anchor his speech, shifting anxiety to cathartic cheers while masking backstage fragility.

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Purpose

Displays live presidential election returns during Bartlet's victory speech

Significance

Confirms Bartlet's win visually, sparks crowd eruption, and frames the re-election as democratic affirmation amid global conflicts

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S4E7 · Election Night

Bartlet's Victory — A Global Affirmation

The election results display provides the empirical backbone for the scene: tallies (Bartlet, Ritchie, Wilde, Webb) flash as evidence, converting anxiety into celebration and supplying the rhetorical opportunity Bartlet exploits.

Before: Active and displaying real-time vote totals that drive audience attention and the tone of the room.

After: Continues to display numerical returns, reinforcing the legitimacy of Bartlet's speech and anchoring subsequent celebration.

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