It’s no surprise that the longer the American public is exposed to President Trump, the more they dislike him – even if his base continues to back him. But I wonder if this remark suggests an unexpected problem for Trump’s campaign:
The person familiar with senior-level Trump campaign discussions said the Democratic assumptions were accurate, and that Republicans expect most of their voters will vote later in the cycle.
“Our people overwhelmingly want to vote in person, while you’re going to see a lot of Democrats vote by mail,” said Mike Reed, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee. [WaPo]
In practical terms, this means Biden voters will make their decision early, and hypothetically will not be changing their minds. But Trump voters?
They’ll have more time for more exposure to Trump’s moral decadence, his incoherent pronouncements, and any more – exhausting – scandals. Which means the potential for changing their minds is far greater than it is the other way around.
Look, I know at this point, most everyone should have their minds made up. But there may be migration at the margins, and every voter that either changes to Biden, or West, or decides to sit this one out, makes it a little easier to tell Trump, when he sputters about voting fraud, to shut up and begin his march to the Ninth Circle of Hell.
The one reserved for Treachery. And, judging from ThoughtCo’s page on Dante’s The Divine Comedy, he’ll be heading for round #2, Antenora.
