Donald Trump might just be the most unqualified candidate to ever run for President of the United States. And that’s saying something given that this country is 240 years old. However, if you believe that Trump is the biggest concern in this election, then you are sadly mistaken.

This goes beyond me being a Centrist Democrat. This is just me being an awe-stricken observer.

When Trump launched his presidential campaign with race-baiting and nationalist comments regarding Mexicans and bordered security, he made a wager that he would get somewhere if he ran a campaign of fear, nationalism, xenophobia, and most of all, political incorrectness. All he needed was for voters to buy in.

And bought in they did. Hook, line, and sinker.

Pollsters, pundits, and even the Republican Party itself were dismayed by his rise; his candidacy gained steam no matter how virulent his lies were, no matter how befuddling his ignorance was, and no matter how indecent his campaign became. Most people, like myself, hoped that eventually, the swoon would be over, he’d stop being the flavor of the month, and that a much more reasonable candidate would be able to march his or her way to the Republican nomination.

We were wrong, not because Trump is a great candidate, but because we never believed that so many voters would buy into what he is selling. Trump has sold the fact that he is not an outsider, he is not a career politician, and his megalomaniac, politically incorrect strongman personality would be the perfect elixir to what apparently ails America. But as John Oliver correctly pointed out over and over this season in his blistering criticisms of Trump, Trump appeals to voters emotion, not reason.

The real danger, in my opinion, is not in Trump himself, but Trump’s supporters. Set aside the demographics of his supporters. Yes we know that Trumps supporters are overwhelmingly white, “less educated”, and mostly blue-collar. However, limiting your view of Trump supporters to just that is a gross understatement.

Trump’s supporters have three distinct characteristics that have become a hallmark of post-Reagan American conservatism: one, they’re alienated and afraid of the world around them; two, they resent political correctness; and three, they will become very submissive to whoever speaks their language. His support base is overwhelmingly conservative, but instead of the ideological conservatism that is extolled by politicians such as Paul Ryan and Ted Cruz, this is the type of conservatism that is nothing more than a grievance against anything they perceive to be “liberal”.

These voters could care less that Donald Trump told the most lies of any presidential candidate in recent memory. These voters could care less than a Trump victory would be the legitimacy of voting with emotion instead of voting with reason. These voters could care less that they support a candidate that built his campaign by willingly appealing to the personal racism, xenophobia, nationalism, submissiveness, and sociopolitical ignorance of some Americans.

Trump is a personification of their bitterness; a manifestation of an obtuse and befuddling collective emotional statement. Trump’s legitimacy does not come from himself, but from the anger and insecurity of his supporters. Remember, he largely bucked conservative orthodoxy and essentially won the Republican nomination by basically ignoring ideology.

What bothers me, more than anything, that Trump could be potentially elected to the most world’s most powerful political office on the coattails of said anger and insecurity. It already bothers me that even the Democratic Party is forced to play the fear and insecurity game by raising concerns about Trump; it goes to show even more that is not the foolishness of Trump, but rather the fickleness of voters that have allowed Trump to get this far and actually momentarily lead in the polls. Reason is out, emotion is in and, to me, that is fucking horrifying and depressing.

It would be one thing if Trump had an actual record of public service or even military service; we would at least know how he would approach policy issues in an actual political setting, or see what his actual temperament is when it comes to governing. Barack Obama had already amassed 11 years of legislative experience at the state and federal level by the time he was elected in 2008. Dwight Eisenhower had years of international military experience by the time he was elected in 1952.

But right now, for various reasons, voters have bought into Donald Trump. Out of emotion. Out of resentment. Out of a desire to stick it to others. It is the most depressing, demoralizing, and befuddling thing I have ever seen in my life. However, instead of whining and bitching endlessly, I am actually going to do something about it — I’m voting for the most reasonable and decisive choice. And you already know who that is. And I encourage you to do the same.