Blazingcatfur

When a former US president and current presidential candidate is being loudly denounced everywhere from the media to academia, as not just wrong but a fascist, an authoritarian populist and a threat to American democracy itself, it suggests that there is more at stake in this election than the cost of living.

A number of my friends and family members are surprised at my decision to support Donald Trump for president. Some others, quiet Trump voters themselves, seem even more surprised I am willing to do so publicly. I am not a Republican per se, having non-voted many times, having voted Democrat in some elections, and being aligned with one side or another on different issues across the spectrum. But this election seems clear.

I keep a careful household budget and know exactly how much more food, gas, and minor luxuries such as a meal out have cost me over the past three years. I can see, to the dollar, what inflation has cost and know this wasn’t the case under Trump. The economy under Trump had ups and downs, largely due to Covid, but I fail to see anything on that scale driving Biden-Harris’s inflation. I instead see massive spending, loan forgiveness, and other policies which seem to have a definite negative effect. I see Harris promising to give away vast sums of money to various groups (childcare, small businesses, home buyers, black entrepreneurs), which will be likely to promote inflation. And never mind me—Biden-Harris introduced their economic policies and massively increased spending without regard to their impact on low-income Americans for whom all this is survival-level stuff, not mere headlines. We can’t afford another four years.

National and Battleground Polls: Final 2024 Analysis

Three scenarios for tomorrow: (1) As we’ve seen in the past, the polling fails to correctly measure Trump’s support, which ends up surpassing what the data projects for him. Under this circumstance, he almost certainly wins. A pro-Trump polling miss of just a few points in the battlegrounds could result in a swing state sweep and a decisive victory.

Kamala supporter has unhinged meltdown over seeing someone wearing a Trump hat

So much JOY! pic.twitter.com/O7gMAlQ9Ti

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 4, 2024

So Trump can win on Tuesday, or he can lose. Let’s spend a little time on what happens either way.

First, a Trump win. Trump will face two problems. The first is actually getting into office if there’s a win. If it’s close, he can expect all sorts of lawfare and parliamentary tricks to try to keep him out. (He may even get those if he’s not close.) Last time he wasn’t ready. This time he probably will be, with lawyers of his own who are prepared, not playing catch-up.

For Democrats, Biden’s comment was more ‘faux pas’ than fault: his sin being one of candor.

The “garbage controversy” of this campaign’s final days embodies the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Far from a parallel, it highlights the separation between unscripted and scripted across an ideological chasm. Hidden beneath their relativism, Democrats, Left, and establishment media have exploited incidents to construct false narratives and advance extremist policies.