An Election Like Never Before

We have never had an election like this. Never have two men who represent the major parties and who both were presidents for a term run against each other.

The role of social media is greater than ever before, and so is misinformation. It puzzles me that so called independents show up to vote with so little information. It might just be a news item a week before the election. 

The other factor that is unusual is the divisiveness. There are people on the left who are somehow unhappy with the economy. It could be just home  prices and other issues of your personal economy. Reluctantly they will vote for Biden. 

Trump on the other hand is promising "tremendous growth. " You will be so well off you don't even need your Medicare and Social Security. What if you are 75 and all your income IS social security? Other than that, Trump is against evil government and will eliminate as many departments as possible.

And of course, we have nerver had a presidential candidate under criminal indictments.

The divisiveness leads to polling that says Biden is unpopular(55%) but Trump is even more unpopular (60%). The latter should actually be closer to the truth. He did very little as president other than cut taxes. He was poor at foreign policy. I think his plan is not to have much to do with other leaders. All the effort in the first year would be to dispose of illegal migrants.

Because of the unusual setup, polling has been rather meaningless so far. And I think only the more angry responders were among the ones that replied to the polls. Polls in battleground states through the summer are the only ones with any meaning.