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Matthew Moran's avatar

While I will not vote for Trump, prior to 2020, I either abstained or voted third party. I voted for Gary Johnson in 2016. Not because I am Libertarian but because he was mostly honest, if not boring.

I would like the option on the ballet to be, "No Confidence" or "None of the Above" - which could serve to demonstrate the dissatisfaction with the current choices. It would demonstrate how poor a hold any candidate has on the voting population, letting them know how tenuous their job is.

My challenge with Trump is less about Trump than it is with people like Steve Bannon and the morally confused Evangelicals who believe Trump is doing great things for America.

Neither party fronts any ideas to help reinvigorate the middle class. Whether immigration or abortion, they are just punting a political football around, hoping enough people get caught up in that play to cause them to avoid looking at the real game.

That this election will be close is a testament to how poorly anyone is speaking to the concerns of the average citizen.

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David Gottfried's avatar

Although I have lots of problems with the Democratic Party's repudiation of its Rooseveltian legacy and glory, I will hold my nose and vote for Biden.

Very simply, Trump is really that bad. He did things that no other American pol ever did: He atttempted a coup after he lost the election. In the transcript of one of his dvorce trials, his ex wife testified that on his nightstand was a copy of Mein Kampf, which he read obsessively. If elected, the nation of Lincoln, FDR and RFK will be as dead as a doornail

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