Throughout the impeachment saga, Donald Trump’s defenders have raised furious objections that Democrats are seeking to “overturn” the result of the last presidential election. Of course, this isn’t literally true: The 2016 election will always have happened, regardless of the impeachment trial outcome. But it’s impossible to deny that such a futile impeachment at least gives the impression of overturning the last election, especially as the impeachment has been conducted every step of the way along purely partisan lines. And that could give Trump quite an electoral boost.