Originally Posted by Michael Zaneski
But what about Independent voters, Independent politicians? Aren't the Independent voters choosing their candidate based on which one is more in line with their particular issues? And what about intangables like personal appearance and media savvy? Some elections are swung based on how well a candidate uses media. Happened with JFK, apparently also with Trump winning, using Facebook to his advantage.

Mike

Agreed Mike.
The winning votes come down to many things, but the "independents" can be the tie-breakers.

Because I like you, I will share some Marty-think concerning that. Society is polarized without a doubt, moreso than any other time that I can remember in my life. (Was not alive during the Civil War).

The polarization comes down mostly to identities. Black & white & brown & this and that. People talk about this issue and that issue, but mostly it is identity politics and "conservative" versus "progressive" identification.

"I am and you're not."

To my view this current de-cohesiveness started the day that the OJ verdict was read. Obama promised relief but made it worse. The divide is so strident that it sorts people left and right .....whether they like it or not.

In an atmosphere like this, the fringe right and left are lunatics, angry lunatics and some wannabe anarchists.
The strident left and right are immovable and agitated.
The center left and center right are not immovable but kind of frozen as to what to do or how to feel because events continually happen that screw up any vision of a better world that they subscribe to.

In the dead center cluster the "independent voters" (tie-breakers) who make up their mind "based on the issues."

The Marty-ism...
In this hot and polarized atmosphere, if someone does not know who they are going to vote for months before an election....they are hopelessly lost and oblivious to what is happening around them....yet they DECIDE some close races.

What am I? Strident-Right-Light with "carve-outs" regarding abortion, religion and gay marriage.

Thank you Mr Speaker. I yield the floor to the gentlemen from Canada. wink Am headed for the gym and dinner.

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