Trump

This will be the first presidential election in more than 100 years where both candidates have had experience serving as president. As the voters enter the privacy of the voting booth they will be thinking of the fear messages presented to them in the press. Trump will end democracy, be a dictator for life and seek revenge on his adversaries. As the emotions subside they will recall what transpired during the Trump years. They will see 1.4% inflation vs 3.2%. The will recall 2% home mortgages vs 7%. They will be aware of gas at $2.50 vs $3.50. They will shop for groceries that cost 20% more. They will remember 40,000 illegals crossing the border each month vs 200,000. They will recall that Trump continued the building of the border wall which was started by Bush and continued under Obama. They will see him deporting illegals as was done under Obama who was called deporter in chief. They will think about the 85,000 unaccompanied minors that the government has lost track of, the number of girls and women who are assaulted crossing Mexico, the almost 100,000 young people who die from drug OD's and the billions of dollars going to the drug cartels. They will compare neighborhoods being safe vs repeat criminals on the street because of no bail laws. They will be influenced by the chance of peace in the Middle East with the Abraham Accords vs war in Palestine. They will recall peace in Europe vs war in Ukraine. Even on the controversial abortion issue Trump has selected the compromise position of OK in the first 15 weeks and only for rape, incest and life of the mother for later. They know that Trump opposes men in women's sports and gender surgery on minors. Then they will remember that when Trump was in office before he didn't end democracy, he didn't become a dictator and he didn't put anyone in jail. When the emotions die down and the facts come to the surface they will pull the level for Trump. They may keep their choice to themselves but what really happened under the first Trump term will be more important than what might happen under the next Trump. What did happen will win out over what might happen.