It is difficult to know what entices Donald Trump most about the prospect of again being elected to the presidency—an end to his legal troubles, the ability to rake in vast sums of shady money conned from people he claims to adore, the opportunity to gain revenge on an army of enemies both real and imagined, or the right to command the attention of hundreds of millions of Americans while he plays out fantasies more common to eight-year-olds.
My mom was trying to convince a friend of hers, who is in her 90s, not to vote for Trump. She laid all of this out, along with the lawlessness of Jan. 6.
Her friend responded, "I just don't like her [Kamala]."
I think a lot of people aren't willing to vote for a woman for president, much less a woman of color. "Polite," "nice" people just don't want to come out and say it.
On the plus side, there are a lot of pissed-off women of all ages out there, like my mom, and my friend Sujata who's been driving from her home in Maryland to Pennsylvania to door-knock. Let's hope there are enough...
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I still think she'll pull it out. The polls will be wrong--the question is which way. I think that it's more likely that Harris will benefit from higher turnout in her key demographics than Trump will. But even that it is this close is depressing.
My mom was trying to convince a friend of hers, who is in her 90s, not to vote for Trump. She laid all of this out, along with the lawlessness of Jan. 6.
Her friend responded, "I just don't like her [Kamala]."
I think a lot of people aren't willing to vote for a woman for president, much less a woman of color. "Polite," "nice" people just don't want to come out and say it.
On the plus side, there are a lot of pissed-off women of all ages out there, like my mom, and my friend Sujata who's been driving from her home in Maryland to Pennsylvania to door-knock. Let's hope there are enough...
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I still think she'll pull it out. The polls will be wrong--the question is which way. I think that it's more likely that Harris will benefit from higher turnout in her key demographics than Trump will. But even that it is this close is depressing.