Election Day in the U.S.: What direction?

[Occasional post #3.]
This is a compass we received recently as a "client-gift." Today is Election Day in the U.S. and this compass makes me wonder about the direction in which our country will be moving in the next year or four…

The scrimshaw work on the cover was done by Scrimshanders — http://www.scrimshanders.com/ — whose tag line is "Two hundred years behind the times."

1 year ago (“Antique china”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-11-08
2 years ago (“Forgot I had this…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-11-08
3 years ago (“Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-11-08
4 years ago (“Green curves”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-08
5 years ago (“‘GIVE THANKS’ for ‘home’…”: a theme shot”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-08

[ IMG_3608S12x8Otm :: f/2.8 :: 1/30" :: ISO-800 :: 55mm ]