That poll putting Trump ahead of Biden in all the major battleground states sure looks terrifying, but there’s never been an election more clouded by the unknown than this one.
A week after Halloween and the scary monsters are still abroad in the land.
Scary polls!
Scary plans!
Boogedy, boogedy!
It was a great weekend for intellectual doomscrolling, to say nothing of galloping paranoia. First, The New York Times comes out with a poll that shows the president is trailing Fulton County (Ga.) Inmate No. PO1135809 in all the major battleground states.
Don’t make the mistake of believing the reasons people give for supporting Trump over Biden are their actual reasons. Biden’s age, in particular, is approximately nobody’s reason for opposing him; it’s an excuse they give, or maybe a reason they think will persuade others. You won’t persuade anyone by debunking an argument they never cared about in the first place.