I can't agree.

Please allow me to present my own analysis; voters choose the candidate they feel most comfortable with; the one they find, for lack of a better phrase, most likable.

Example: Trump v Clinton.

Clinton is a devastatingly intelligent woman, which is exactly what many non-college educated males (and, I hate to say, some female voters) are uncomfortable with as their elected leader, especially since she lacks a certain finesse sometimes in her public comments- even though she's very charming in person and with smaller groups. In short, she was saddled with the caricature of being "a bitch"- unfairly, in my view.

Trump, on the other hand, is an utter baboon (no offense, baboons) who boasts about his sexual escapades, is hilariously uninformed about international and even national events, and doesn't even try to hide his prejudices- exactly what the above non-college educated male sees when he looks in the mirror. Trump doesn't challenge the voters to strive for more, he tells them they're just fine the way they are. In fact, they're better than those stuck-up intellectuals!

Voters who were already comfortable with the idea of powerful women in high places had no problem voting for Hilary. But those who resented having a female boss in the front office- those who heard Trump giving them license to let loose with all their worst impulses- swung to vote for him. They fantasized Donald as the drinking buddy with whom they could spend the evening griping about those freeloading immigrants and foreigners; and he could actually do something about it as President! Yeah! A border wall! Great idea! A fence worked on the neighbor's dog, right?

More examples- Reagan v Carter; Reagan was the friendly uncle, full of folksy stories, whereas Carter was a rather uptight Sunday-school teacher. Bill Clinton v George H W Bush; Clinton (although extremely smart and studious) had that Arkansas accent and Southern charm, against Bush' clenched patrician manner. George W Bush made his boyish charm work for him against Gore's stiffness; people just couldn't imagine sitting down with Al for an hour for fear it would turn into a lecture on climate change.

In the current contest, part of the reason Biden is faring better than Clinton did four years ago is because he's exuding an air of "Comforter-In-Chief", reassuring people that everything will be alright under a President Biden, compared to the chaos of four more years of Trump. He's a grandfatherly figure, and at this moment, that actually works.

Willow, that’s written as if only you are aware and only your opinions are correct.