As someone else pointed out, the suspense is over whether Trump gets 27% of the vote to Hillary’s 28% or vice versa. (Trump and Clinton are fighting over 2nd place. Did_Not_Vote will come in 1st, as it has in every election since FDR’s 1936 landslide. — LBJ almost beat Did_Not_Vote in 1964.)
Although the votes of the 2% “on the fence” are supremely important it seems silly to use them as the basis for a headline:
*Americans go Bat-shit; elect ignorant demagogue!orSanity Pevails; America rejects fascism and racism!*when the question is whether 28% vote bat-shit, or only 27%.
I hope the Democrats continue to emphasize the message “America is Already Great.”
If you compare stock prices and employment figures it is impossible not to conclude that American prosperity still leads the world. Crime is down; justice is progressing (slowly); the American military has never been stronger. American science and technology still lead the world.
The supposed “greatness” Trump and supporters speak of refers to much best left behind — a time when blacks, minorities, and women “knew their place;” a time when gays stayed hidden in the closet, ashamed; a time when America was ruled by ruthless white men, whether wielding clubs in Selma, or bombs in Vietnam.
The stupidity and irrational anger of American voters is truly frightening.