Do Americans Really Want a ‘Politics of Joy’?

[ltlee1]

"Jump ball, deadlock, coin flip, tossup. We’re running out of election
metaphors.

Everyone’s texting each other, every interaction turns quickly to
“Whaddaya think, what’s gonna happen?” You feel an urgency but also a
sincerity: They honestly don’t know."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-do-americans-really-want-a-politics-of-joy/ar-AA1rFmx5

[ltlee1]

"You feel an urgency but also a sincerity: They honestly don’t know."

Why?

Election politics is basically the politics of joy. Politicians and
commentators could say whatever they want to day. People could believe
whatever they want to believe. Contradiction with objective reality is
not an issue. More freedom means more joy. If people continue to
suffer, blames the other party.

Of course thinking voters honestly don't know. And could not know.

What is left the joy of voting. Voting means autonomy. And voting per se
is supposedly, the right thing to do.

[ltlee1]

"A new Pew Research Center survey finds that about three-quarters of
U.S. adults (73%) say they have seen inaccurate news coverage about the
election at least somewhat often, including 37% who have seen this kind
of information extremely or very often.

About half of Americans (52%) say they generally find it difficult to
determine what is true and what is not when getting news about the
election. And 28% separately say that it’s been difficult for them to
find reliable information about the presidential election.

Supporters of the two major political parties are having vastly
different experiences with election news in these ways.

Republicans (including independents who lean toward the GOP) are
much more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they have
seen inaccurate coverage and that they are having a hard time sorting
out the truth.
And Republicans are less likely than Democrats to say it is easy for
them to find reliable information about the election (29% vs. 52%,
respectively)."

https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/10/10/americans-views-of-2024-election-news/

[ltlee1]

一語道破美國選舉民主：

"“It’s less about us and more about them,” said Daniel Santos, a
36-year-old water company employee from Racine, Wis., who voted for
former President Obama and Trump and has yet to make up his mind this
time."


https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-20/2024-election-battleground-states-voters-kamala-harris-donald-trump