You’re a businessman, and a conservative–a real one, not a reactionary baying for a return to some idealized version of the 1950’s. You’re perfectly happy to live in 2020, the pandemic and the social discord aside. You hate the culture wars, and just wish they would go away. You see the divisions in your country, and wonder what can be done to heal them.
You can’t stand Trump. You want to throw up every time you see him on the TV screen, which seems like all of the time. You despise his preening, incompetence, and corruption. His capriciousness, particularly with tariffs, has made your decisionmaking process much more difficult than it needs to be. You wonder how we could survive four more years of this.
But the Democrats concern you, too. It isn’t Biden, so much–you can live with him. You know you can survive the tax increases that are coming if the blue wave hits the shore; they would be a relatively small price to pay to regain some sense of stability. What bothers you more than anything is the attitude of too many rank-and-file Democrats; they clearly view you as an enemy, not someone who generates the wealth that pays for their cherished social programs. How much control will Biden have over these people? It’s hard to say.
You’re the swing voter in this election. If you vote for Trump, he has a puncher’s chance. If you don’t, the blue wave is coming. It’s in your hands.