Why didn't the Blue Wave happen?

Biden will probably win but only just. He badly underscored his polling, as did the Democrats nationally.

Im not interested in Trumpian conspiracy theories about the polls and I get that Biden did win the popular vote on a high turnout. Even so...

Trump increased both his vote share and amount. The Lincoln Project made huge efforts to try and shift Conservatives to Biden but it didn't really materialise. In spite of all the things Trump has said and done, he increased his votes with minorities. In spite of his awful covid handling, he is still favoured by people who prioritise the economy.

Im interested in what people think.

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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

People are scared and polarized, basically. The country is super wound up, and the voting is purely emotional. And Trump really did build himself a cult of a sort, that stuff isn't just hype, and will take some time to die off.

SomeMichGuy · M

@QuixoticSoul Don't you think it says a LOT about both REAL education AND independent thinking that SOOOOO many people actually believe, quite fervently!, that Trump has THEIR best interests at heart...?

Getting people ready to fight to vote against their actual best interests is one of the intended side-effects of pretending that _facts_ are negotiable, etc.

This shows you the hazards of voting for people with no actual moral or scientific compass to give them any sense of having a touchstone with a standard. Lawyers & businesspersons think EVERYTHING is negotiable...even ethics, morality, science...