great majority of Americans do not like either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. So it’s a question of whom you dislike the most. In effect, who are you voting against? Polls show higher negatives for the two main candidates than in any previous election. A recent AP report opens: “Republicans and Democrats feel a massive disconnect with their political parties and helpless about the presidential election.” The anti-Trump cohort regards Trump as crude, inexperienced, bigoted, narcissistic and unpredictable, without a consistent policy to his name. So people will vote against him, not for Clinton. The anti-Clinton cohort regards her as dishonest, Nixonlike, typifying the Washington politician who breaks the rules and gets away with it. So people will vote against her, not for Trump. Of […]
Who are you voting against?
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