12 Days Left In The Most Important Presidential Election In American History!
By Ron Signore
In just a couple of short weeks, election day will be here. “Short” weeks may be in the eye of the beholder, since reality allows for a lot to happen as obstacles present themselves leading up to that day. Mentally, let’s face it, it will be exhausting to us all in this country.
It pains me to continue to check polling and see how close this race seems to be. I saw something on social media addressing a concept that has plagued my mind that I have potentially found hard to articulate in the past about why this is so irritating. I have hit all the concepts as to what the Orange Turd stands for, who supports him, and what the election results really mean short and long term for our nation. But, the concise message is far more simple than that. I never realized how many truly despicable people there are in this country until it becomes realized the potential of quantifiable voters that make up for the tight polls that show Chump in a tight race.
Polls have consistently shown a close race. In a normal election, if that is a thing, the expectation is that half the country is supporting one candidate, the other half supports the other. No matter how we slice it and dice it, most elections highlight that concept. I tended to always break it down that one third of the country was going to vote democrat; one third republican; and the final third (the independent or undecided voters) were the difference in where the final votes land. It is a very similar outlook in the life of a sales professional. You hunt for 10 prospects. Three will be for you, three will not be, and the remaining four are pending your skill, timing, or other variable that needs to be identified.
We have continued to see obstacles fall heavy on Vice President Harris. Some from natural ideology differences, but the majority from nonsensical and misinformed concepts that show a difference in expectations set for her as opposed to Cheeto Boy. One can argue it is the cultural impact of a historically misogynistic society. It can also be argued that it’s the very support, or lack thereof, from media outlets and what they cover. A very similar concept that the GOP has cried for years as they demonize media outlets as fake news. A major alleged difference here is that when you seem to follow the money, the mainstream media outlets key leadership shows to be supporting Groper Cleveland.
It is belittling and infuriating that we could have a reality of another Chump Presidency. The fact that such a bad human being with no respect for our country or it’s laws can possibly have any traction to hold this kind of authority in our government. It is ridiculous that what he stands for defies the traditional Republican ideology by going so extreme to plan on fixing the country in his eyes. He has pandered to all the right people with hate and paranoia in their hearts and heads.
With polls so close, it does spark fear in many of us. One thing in the professional world is that hope is not a strategy, at least not a good, reliable one. However, in the past I have expressed my disdain for polls. They should never be trusted as the end all be all, especially since they are an imperfect science tool. They do show trends, and trends can give you an idea of the real climate, but they do not tell the full picture.
In the past few weeks, really months since Kamala took Biden’s endorsement, we saw a huge spike for the Democratic party to the point where Harris shows to be winning. Despite that gap closing visually, there are things we really need to consider that could bring hope in what results come. The first being the influx of registered voters not only in the country, but significantly in swing states. Now, those swing state polls are just as tight, teetering back and forth in many of those swing states to who may be leading. But the spike in registered democratic voters has shined to the point that in those areas, we could see a marginal quantity of votes that just simply are not measured in polls.
I have never known who answers these polls. I did a project in 2008 for the upcoming election for Obama and McCain during my studies at Purdue. Polls are left up to those willing to participate, and the criteria for how you gather information is tight. First, I would tell you from that experience that the number of outbound dials just to connect with someone, let alone get someone to participate was agonizing. It makes me wonder if there is a specific target of household, since we were to talk to the head of household, or when they may be doing the polling. Demographics can change ridiculously pending those variables, thus giving different results.
Maybe this doesn’t bring you hope. However, if you consider the reality of what is at stake, many theories may come into play that we are hoping are real. With reproductive rights on the ballot, will women in a traditionally conservative household break from character in front of their conservative dominant partner? With immigration as a topic, will enough people realize the damage mass deportations could do to the economy? And of course, the economy is a factor. We need to hope that people understand the latter, realize the agenda that incorporates help to the majority of Americans. The falsehoods Agent Orange presents on the economy only presents more crippling effects around the supply chain.
His tariffs didn’t and do not work as intended. Those will be a tax on us consumers. The impact of deporting undocumented immigrants will take certain labor out of the job market for organizations that depends on the cost of that labor. I am not for exploiting labor costs, but at the same time, that kind of seismic shift will drive the costs up on manufacturers, farmers, and the housing/construction market.
There is a slippery slope with the agenda he preaches without the risk of Project 2025 becoming a reality. If it does not become a reality, these policies that could be put into place will eliminate much of the great work the Biden Administration has done, of which they already are not getting the credit they deserve. My fear is that even without Project 2025, these moves will continue to deplete morale, raise unemployment and set us on another trajectory to wild inflation. There is no argument that supply chain costs have gone up. The reasons why are dichotomous. Actions and policy from his first term set us on the track we were on when Biden took office, which the low iq individuals remember as what costs may have been right at the beginning prior to inflation’s inevitable climb. This includes ag policies, oil/energy policies, and also the results of Chumps tax cut plan that people impacted with rising costs believe is on account of Biden.
MAGA Republicans are the loudest people in the room…always. They make their presence felt, but in the end, history of past elections and the rise in numbers we are seeing that could play out as favorable to Kamala could be the silent killer. It is hope I am hanging on to.
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