The Truth Is That Most Voters Are Anything but Indecisive! Period!

Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis
Published in
5 min readAug 31, 2020

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Now that both political parties have concluded their conventions, pundits, politicians, columnists, plain janes, and average joes are all weighing in with their analyses. Joe Biden and the Democrats emphasized pluralism and diversity of all stripes — age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. California senator Kamala Harris made history by being the first woman of color to accept her party’s nomination for Vice President of the United States of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaWPhzCcoo). The message Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats sent to their base was that the America that he and Kamala Harris would preside over would be one of fairness and inclusion, where people from all walks of life would be welcomed, embraced, and treated with dignity and respect.

Donald Trump and the Republicans presided over a convention that invoked themes of imperialism, nationalism, tribalism, and a deliriously dangerous dose of fear and paranoia.

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Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis

Historian, Syndicated Columnist, Public Speaker, Social-Cultural Critic. Professor of Black Studies and Gender Studies, at East Tennessee State University.