In this time of strife particularly, and this near a consequential election, it astonishes me that there can be any meaningful number of voters who have not settled on a candidate. The differences between the Presidential candidates is about as stark as it is possible to be, excepting that both are old white men.
Do these people live principally under rocks? Or do they have some mental condition whereby the decision-making process is badly impaired, having them straddling fences all their lives? Or do they revel in the power derived from being avidly sought after as a highly valuable commodity?
Whatever the nature of these strange creatures, the maddeningly frustrating phenomenon of their professed indecision confounds me.
Ancillary to this, at least in these perilous circumstances, is the puzzling third party supporter. In any sense one cares to survey the political scene, the US has but two parties. It should be taken as emblematic that the vainly placed votes for other than the Big Two is practically the definition of insanity. (As in the old saw about doing the same dumb thing over and over and expecting a different result.) And even more so for the write-in, where one might as well not bother at all for the good it'll do. Aside from deriving some spurious satisfaction at having voted one's 'principles.' Right.
In the hurly-burly world of politics, where practicality is (or should be) the necessary driver, unicorn-seeking idealists are too rare to exert meaningful effect. Their *real* impact is to steal votes where close-run races are concerned. It most certainly was the case in '16. I hope not this time round!
In 2020, these idealists who look to the backwater of the political scene should seriously consider giving their vote to Biden/Harris, in order to ensure the thwarting of a precipitous plunge into authoritarianism. Clinging to their ideals and principles in these parlous times runs the risk of a worse state of affairs than supporting an otherwise hated but better place from which to continue the fight. A headstrong push for significant (much less radical) change could be their--and the nation's--undoing. Patience is the watchword in a polarized populace of several hundred millions, and especially where a general conservatism (by the standard of other western nations) is the norm.
Do these people live principally under rocks? Or do they have some mental condition whereby the decision-making process is badly impaired, having them straddling fences all their lives? Or do they revel in the power derived from being avidly sought after as a highly valuable commodity?
Whatever the nature of these strange creatures, the maddeningly frustrating phenomenon of their professed indecision confounds me.
Ancillary to this, at least in these perilous circumstances, is the puzzling third party supporter. In any sense one cares to survey the political scene, the US has but two parties. It should be taken as emblematic that the vainly placed votes for other than the Big Two is practically the definition of insanity. (As in the old saw about doing the same dumb thing over and over and expecting a different result.) And even more so for the write-in, where one might as well not bother at all for the good it'll do. Aside from deriving some spurious satisfaction at having voted one's 'principles.' Right.
In the hurly-burly world of politics, where practicality is (or should be) the necessary driver, unicorn-seeking idealists are too rare to exert meaningful effect. Their *real* impact is to steal votes where close-run races are concerned. It most certainly was the case in '16. I hope not this time round!
In 2020, these idealists who look to the backwater of the political scene should seriously consider giving their vote to Biden/Harris, in order to ensure the thwarting of a precipitous plunge into authoritarianism. Clinging to their ideals and principles in these parlous times runs the risk of a worse state of affairs than supporting an otherwise hated but better place from which to continue the fight. A headstrong push for significant (much less radical) change could be their--and the nation's--undoing. Patience is the watchword in a polarized populace of several hundred millions, and especially where a general conservatism (by the standard of other western nations) is the norm.
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