The Coming Revelatory Vote

The vote for the president is less a contest between Harris and Trump that it is a revelation of the social psyche of the USA.

Later I wrote to a Brit I met in Moscow (at my now closed “independent, open lecture forum”):

“Yesterday, for the first of two times, and never before, I served as a “poll observer” at early voting, not too far from me in North Carolina. 

“I thought I might also gain by observing the voters, to see who they might be, and after I had, during perhaps an hour (of four), grown more comfortable with my passive observing tasks, I noticed that “the American world walked in”. It was everybody. Some so apparently young I could not believe they could legally vote; others quite old coming in with canes. Overweight. Slender. Not many blacks or other races because of the area of North Carolina. Some I suppose were for Trump likely. Others, some of whom noticed my tag and smiled, and some with faces I suppose voted for Harris. It was in fact America voting. 

I thought of how voters with all of their many walks in life, and perspectives, and intellectual, and educational levels, and experiences of life, socioeconomic positions, would bring their beliefs, persuadednesses, emotions, thoughts,… and vote. And certainly there are, overall, many voters who are with little education and information for their contribution to this historic decision. Certainly the “founding fathers” would not have considered most of the people (cap)able to be to voters. I, frankly, wondered if not rightly so.

Now, with the contrasts of candidates and their characters and mentalities unquestionable for those who have not otherwise been persuaded or prejudiced, or so attached to a political party, or misinformed (in this case the Republicans, as to vote for a person unquestionably unqualified to be president), my Interpretation of this historic occasion is that it will be a revelation of the main mentalities in the social psyche of America and “Americans”.  Which will win? (and certainly Trump is another mirror in history of a large portion of the American populations mentality.)

If Trump is reelected, I will consider not only him unfit to be president again, but the majority of the American people to democracy.

SL”