Pasta is not exclusively Italian. And cream cheese is delicious.

I think he will pardon the ones who pay for it somehow. He won't pardon the ones that don't make it worth his while or someone-with-influence-over-him while.

Since the margin is so close, I think voters who stayed home played the biggest part. Apathy, burnout, thinking their vote wouldn't count in their state, and then voter suppression. The lack of educating oneself about each candidate is the he said she said part. IMO, of course.