I assure the you the conclusion is not unanimous.

I'm painfully aware of that.

Many bright people have moved over to the Trump camp publicly recently.

OK, I'll bite. Name 3. Name 3 bright people who have recently moved over to the Trump camp.

In fact, both will try and buy votes with our money up until the actual election. Let's hope for a split. Trump with no income taxes for special growups and Biden throwing money at student debt.

But that's one policy difference.

I can't say definitively that Trump is worse.

Not on this particular policy point. But you're looking at the wrong thing.

Trump has clearly said that if he is re-elected, his focus will be on getting revenge against his political enemies. He has said he wants to be a dictator. He has never said he will accept the results of the election, after being asked the question pretty unambiguously. He didn't accept the results of the 2020 election, choosing instead to attempt to subvert the results by any means possible. These are not just anti-democratic things, they are anti-American things. They rip to shreds the ideals spelled out in the Constitution.

For most people I know who are opposed to Trump, this is the only thing that matters. He has already put his own best interests ahead of those of the country. There is no reason to think he won't do the same thing again given the opportunity.

The difference that matters to most people opposed to Trump isn't a difference of economic policy or domestic policy or foreign policy. It is the difference in how the two men approach basic respect for the Constitution. Biden has a demonstrated history of abiding by the Constitution and supporting it, even when it is personally difficult. Trump has a demonstrated history of ignoring the Constitution when that gets in the way of what is best for Donald Trump.

But it is not clear to me which is worse?

It should be crystal clear at this point which one is worse. Not on economic policy, but on maintaining the Democratic Republic that we have lived under for almost 250 years.

--Peter