Pretty sure the race is tightening due to a fault in human memory. Well, I say fault. Memory doesn't work how we think it does.
We don't actually remember what happened. We remember the story we tell ourselves. The things we think about most we remember least well to fact.
And here's the kicker: We erase how terrible previous events were.
That is, retrospectively events are not as horrible as they were at the time.
DT bombed each debate, giving a truly horrible presentation. He besmirched the office of President by saying he would jail his opponent. He stalked HRC like a sexual predator.
But, we don't really remember how terrible it was. Instead, we sort of average it out. It becomes just a meh event.
I think this is why the race is tightening.
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I think the race is tightening because Republicans iffy on Trump are starting to come home. (There's data to support this, too.) And I suspect that's happening in part because of what Comey did, but it was something that was already in process before Comey.
ReplyDeleteHillary hasn't lost support, Trump's gained it.
Sure, and he's gained it because people forget what a piece of shit he is.
ReplyDeletePeople support Trump because they like what a piece of shit he is.
ReplyDeleteLaiel Shepherd I don't know you well, and while I think I know the answer to this is a negative, I have grown despondent in my search for one who will answer affirmative.
ReplyDeleteAre you a Trump supporter?
I am not.
ReplyDeleteSo I thought. I really want to hear from one of them why they would vote for him, with that not referencing either the President or Secretary Clinton.
ReplyDeleteAlas.
Follow through with the people I tag and block.
ReplyDeleteI've tried a few times, Robert Bohl . nothing but silence.
ReplyDeleteI can say that I've seen people express how much they love the way he just says what he wants. I've seen people express that they don't take the worst things--the most racist and misogynist and violent things--seriously. I've seen people express that they don't want a woman for president. I've seen the racism of Trump supporters who are sickened by the fact that we've had a black president for several years. And of course, there are the simple partisans voting Republican because they're Republican.
ReplyDeleteObviously I can't speak for any of them, and no people are monolithic. But I think one of the reasons that some people are supporting Trump is that they love just how shitty he is.
That's all probably true, Laiel Shepherd . I want to find one mostly i can ask them questions and understand. That's been difficult.
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