Anybody else troubled that this election is even close,

[edhopper]

that so many of our countrymen and women can support such a vile, criminal, ignorant, belligerent POS.

It really makes me question where we are going as a country. And it is a bit depressing .

And don't say it's not close, even if Biden wins by 10 million votes, that is still nearly half the voters for Trump. Way too many in a sane country.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. I've been wondering that for 4 years.

my only explanation is that the vast majority are simply a cult, brainwashed by decades of fox and rush.

[42bambi]

20. Yes, I honestly believe both Fox & Rush were the beginning of the

brainwashing of America. Thankfully, more than half of us knew enough not to watch Fox or listen to Rush. Hubby was in the Air Force for 20 years and he said almost everyone (except him) would listen to Rush - every damn day! He, to this day simply cannot understand what the Hell were they thinking!

[Skittles]

2. it is sickening that Trump has ANY support

but we will soon know how "close" it is

[NorthOf270]

3. For a long time.....

[Aepps22]

4. Not Really

As an African American I knew this country was more deplorable than people assumed

[jrthin]

19. For the win! +1000

welcome to DU

[rzemanfl]

30. You are correct about that. You are also the first DUer I can recall seeing here who

has an 80% chance of serving on juries and no hides. It's just a coincidence of numbers, but it surprised me. A belated welcome to DU Aepps22.

[GulfCoast66]

43. For the win. I've been watching it for 50 year. Grew up with them.

Hell, used to be one in a softer way.

The final alliance of the racist, religious nuts and economic survivalist. They make a potent group. And there are a shit ton of them.

[MerryBlooms]

57. rec.

[greenjar_01]

5. Oy vey

[DonaldsRump]

6. It's not really close...

[Phoenix61]

7. It's disgusting that he's president. That anyone,

after everything he has done, would consider voting for him again is mind boggling. Proof racism, misogyny, and other nasty ideas aren’t as dead as they need to be.

[dweller]

8. No

because it’s not ... even close

tomorrow will tell

✌🏻

[exboyfil]

9. Yes. I was shocked the GOP didn't broom

Trump as soon as possible. They are corrupted for a generation.

[griffi94]

21. That's because they're bankrupt of any ideas.

They're all about the power. Full Stop.

[exboyfil]

27. They are like the hedgehog

They know one big thing very well (the rich shouldn't pay any taxes).

[Hoyt]

10. It is sad. Maybe we'll see a landslide tomorrow that will indicate

trump is viewed as too hateful, greedy, incompetent, bigoted, etc., by a bigger chunk of population than it appears.

[mvd]

11. Well, hopefully it is not that close

But it is amazing to me that Dump got in the WH. There are some serious stupidity and selfishness problems in the US.

[rzemanfl]

32. With a lot of help from a major, carefully targeted psyop IMHO. n/t

[Blue_true]

35. Hatred of something is a powerful motivator for a lot of Americans.

I often think of the LBJ statement about what a poor White man would allow if he was convinced that he was better than any Black man. I see White people that are pitifully poor being rabid Trump supporters, because he gives them false images of other people, races, nationalities, and they can hate those people.

[mvd]

44. True

I think these feelings were there for some, and Trump was the thing that exposed all the racism and hatred.

[Blue_true]

54. There was a recently published study that found that racism

costs the economy something like $12 trillion dollars. I didn’t read the story, just the headline. I already knew that problem is costly.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

12. That's what has bewildered me too

Something happened to me on Nov 9 2016. Anxiety way up, for four years now. Got a prescription to prove it.

But something way worse happened to “them”, and this country will never be the same again.

[Blue_true]

18. Once it became clear that Trump would win in 2016, your last sentence

touches on how I felt, that something seriously wrong had happened, that something broke in this country that will never be put back together again.

[handmade34]

13. yes

I have been ranting that it is disgusting that there is even a hint of a question of who will win... I am mortified that more than a handful of people would consider voting for trump (certainly understandable that a fringe few might live in this country...but)

I am very troubled

[Blue_true]

14. Yes, I am.

To me it is a rather clear choice between Good (Joe) and evil (Trump). I have a hard time seeing how anyone can justify supporting evil.

[Laelth]

15. Let's see.

230,000 Americans dead, and counting, in nine months—more people than we lost in the five years of WWII. Children in cages on the border. Civil unrest in our cities due to BLATANT racial bias. 40 million Americans unemployed. A crashed economy ...

NO INCUMBENT should expect to be re-elected under these circumstances, and yes. It pisses me off, to no end, that Trump STILL has as much support as he does.

-Laelth

[triron]

16. I join you. Europeans must be bwildered.

[griffi94]

17. I'm going to wait until it's over.

Then I'll see how close it was. Obama and Romney was supposed to have been close.
The 2018 midterms were supposed to have been close.
Both were blowouts.
I think it's better to be cautious, but the GOP seems to have lost
women who live in the suburbs and college educated white people.
People are tired of Trump's shit.

[AlexSFCA]

22. and regardless of the outcome tomorrow, we'll still be stuck with deplorables

IMO, trump activated the worst in deplorables and those people are just more hateful and unassumingly racist than they were before trump got elected. They have become much more extreme in the last 4 years. I don’t recall seeing a credible attempt to kidnap a governor in modern US history.

[exboyfil]

36. Or a President who doesn't forcefully respond to the threat

He has had far more vilification for a football player who respectfully kneels than murderers and attempted kidnappers. He even has praise for those who engage in vehicular assault.

[Blue Owl]

23. It's horrifying

And they're PROUD of it... willing to die for the man who could care less about them...

[Drunken Irishman]

24. It might be close in the EC but I doubt it'll be close in the popular vote.

[Bluepinky]

25. I'm ashamed that he became President, ashamed and sad.

Haven’t felt right for 4 years. I think Biden is a strong candidate and will win tomorrow due to a vigorous turnout. But the next 2-3 months will be bad, Trump will want to take us all down before he goes. 😡

[uppityperson]

26. Yes. Too many people

[JHB]

28. This underbelly has always been with us...

The key is the determination to sending it back crawling under the rocks where it tries to hie when it is denied an environment where it can flourish.

[Statistical]

29. Yes. Even when Biden wins it means there is something terribly wrong with this country.

[captain queeg]

31. Its bothered me the whole time that so many americans are so stupid

I've read a lot of posts here about "followers" who mindlessly believe in some "strong" leader. I'm surprised anyone still thinks he is strong but a lot of people won't admit they were deceived. As it becomes more and more clear what a weak LOSER he is a lot of those types will abandon him.

But after he is gone we'd do well to remember the deep racist hatred they were trying to hide before.

[mtnsnake]

33. Yes, but I would rather that you had said "is even THIS close" rather than "even close"

I agree and have often wondered how any sane person could actually vote for this asshole without vomiting all over their ballot. And yes, it is depressing.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

34. Yes.

This country has never stopped troubling me, to be honest, but it's most depressing now.

Pointless military conflicts, superstitious thinking, racism, growing inequality, etc.

Edit: Most people that I meet disappoint me too.

[LizBeth]

37. It is not close. Are you asking because there are as many as there are? That is different from

saying this is close. Not close, I do not think. I have never seen an election that is so not close.

[edhopper]

38. There are many swing States

where it is very close.
And even 45% nationally is still way too many.

[LizBeth]

42. Red states that have tended to go Republican.

[edhopper]

46. That makes my point.

Too many Americans.

[LizBeth]

47. No, you stated why the election is so close and the election is not close. There are too many

Americans supporting Trump but the election is not close. I am not going to get into all the reasons there are so many Americans supporting Trump. There are lots of reasons. Just had an hour conversation earlier today about the issue and have been talking about it for months and about tired of it.

[edhopper]

50. I think even

65 million out of 140 million is to close.

[LizBeth]

53. ok

[Jspur]

39. I have felt troubled since 2000 when Bush won the election granted

he cheated but for him to get nearly 50 percent of the votes was ridiculous. I remember being in hschool at the time and thinking how could a guy this stupid nearly get half of the votes that Gore should have won easily by a margin of 80-20. That election to me was an introduction to how stupid this country is. So I'm not shocked that this election will be close.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

41. My brother felt the same way in 1960, but...

... at least Kennedy beat creepy Nixon.

He later delivered newspapers in 1963, and a customer opened his door to read the headline and proclaim his great joy about the assassination too.

[RockCreek]

40. Yes n/t

[smirkymonkey]

45. Yes.

More that I can possibly say.

[Talitha]

48. Sadly, they've always been there... Dump merely gave them the green light to surface.

[Beartracks]

49. Ousting Trump is only the start of eliminating Trumpism. n/t

[msongs]

51. religion nt

[JI7]

52. I don't like it but I'm not surprised. Look at the members of Congress

that many people elect in their districts.

And im very familiar with the bigotry in this country.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

55. I've been troubled that anyone would vote for any Republican since

I was a teenager.

Trump is the worst.

[totodeinhere]

56. Sorry, but I am very nervous. Those news articles about the race tightening in swing

states has me on edge. I know that just about every poll has Biden ahead, but when Nate Silver still says that Trump has a 10% chance it gives me the creeps.

[edhopper]

58. you are not alone

feeling this.

[lettucebe]

59. I don't believe it's close. Where are the voters for tRump? He did zero to court new voters and bled

out those he started with. How can this possibly be a close race? Perhaps in the electoral college but certainly not the popular vote. I'm be shocked if he managed to get the same vote tally as before. I think the young vote is going to swing strongly in Biden's direction.

We'll see. I was sure wrong in 2016.

[edhopper]

60. It could be close in the EC

and that is troubling.
But when you say not close? Last time it was roughly 63 million to 66 million, but even if this is 63 million to 73 million, doesn't almost 65 million Americans voting for this hateful charlatan disturb you.
I don't see 8% or 10% comforting. Yes that would be a great victory, but it is a vote between a good man and a waste of a human life.