By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
OCT. 18, 2024 | Though we feel Vice President Kamala Harris will win the presidency with a big majority of the popular vote, the Electoral College still gives great strength to one candidate with a minority of votes.
There are 538 votes in the Electoral College. That means the winning candidate must get at least one more vote than half, or 270 electoral votes, to become president. Therefore, if a candidate sweeps the smaller states, and wins one or two key states, either candidate could become president in the Electoral College. We recognize that a minority of the popular vote could seat the next president of the United States.
If that were to happen, with all the bombast ex-President Donald Trump has hammered at the American people for years, you wonder if the democracy can survive.
Yes, we would hate to face four more years with Trump/Vance in the saddle, but our nation has survived questionable presidents, and questionable candidates before. One such radical was the populist, Tom Watson of Georgia, who some compare with an earlier-day Trump. But he didn’t remain popular for long, and the nation survived.
If there is one word that comes to mind with Trump in charge, it is “chaos.” We see nothing but all-out chaos should Trump be elected. He has stated time and time again that he would impose such frightful tactics as deporting many immigrants, even to the point of using the military against them. He has announced over and over that he would fire many current civil servants who do not stand the test of being a loyalist to his cause. He has said publicly that he would transform the presidency into a dictatorship—at least for a day. That worries us!
Think of what would happen in the financial arena! Do you think your money is safe with Trumpists in charge of fiscal policy? With chaos predominant, what would the economy do? We can’t see it continuing as it is now to being successful, which should cause all of us more worries.
Would you see your money and investments virtually disappear in one way or the other, through less value of the dollar, or the stock market falling, and your IRA losing value.
Who’s to say Trump wouldn’t raid the Social Security system, and cause it to fail before the end of his term. That would drastically harm lots of people, primarily senior citizens!
Then there’s the problem of the physical health, and certainly the mental health, of the 78-year-old Trump. Even his aides say he is not as sharp as he once was. We get reports almost on a daily basis, of his pomposity and rants not making sense. Even his own staff, try as hard as they may, can’t seem to keep him on track. Think how hard it must be to try to give him any advice about what to do? Do you think he listens to anyone? Do you ever think he has been told “No” in all his years?
Summing it up, we can see how the American people are frightened, downright scared, and overwhelmed with another four years of Trump. And that’s not even taking in consideration what his running mate, JD Vance, might try to pull off should Trump no longer be on the scene.
So we are pulling for Kamala Harris to be our next president. She’s steady. She’s not scary. Who would have thought it would be this frightening should the wrong guy win?
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