Politics: a view from the prairie: "I just don't know enough about Kamala Harris..."

The problem with voters and elections is that we think it is about the candidates and the issues. (The Trump issue is all a straw man...). But it is not. The voter is filling out the ballot, and at that moment, it is about them. Very very few might think about the welfare of a bigger group. No, it is 90 plus percent about that voter. The information is collected and sort of stored as a combined gut feel. And then you pick one. It's that simple. Often times there is a bias against the party in party, and that too is not actual math. The president and party in power simply must be punished. My view of the election includes the US Constitution and our voting rights. Sadly, this is irrelevant to the average voter. The average voter is not "low information" but is closer to that than I am.

"I don't like Trump, but I just don't trust Democrats. They are like lawyers. In fact most of them are lawyers. Kamala..."

People have strong feelings about presidential candidates. I have heard Trump talking hundreds of times. I remember things my governor said, but I don't even remember what he sounds like.

There are the so called low information voters who don't know how to vote, and then there are the ones voting on some single issue. It's not exactly known how we decide on a vote. You can do all the psychology experiments and still won't know much. I've listed the Tversky-Kahneman type of factors in earlier posts. The voters with firm beliefs and a lifetime of voting one party can best explain why they voted.

But here we are. What do we do about these people?

Not much. They are not going to be able to decide better no matter how many Trump facts you present. On the other hand, some won't vote at all, as Trump is not gaining voters.

So what is there to do? Make sure polls are not under Trump folk attacks and intimidation. Make sure the people who we have had all along remember to vote. For them, you can paint the scary picture of the Trump world.

So if you have a lot of time on hand and are just reading these social media posts all day, take a break. Fall is a beautiful time in most parts of the country. Enjoy the outdoors. It's only about a month anymore.

On the lighter side, I posted a Threads post on the undecided voter. They can't even pick a lunch meat out of these two. How can they pick a president?