The issue is that you think people are voting for policies. I don’t think that’s true anymore, and maybe it never was true.

People are definitely voting for policies. There was a study that found trump spent a higher percent of time talking about policies than Hillary. The PBS documentary on 2016 had an anecdote than in 2016 the trump rally crowd would chant things that became trump policies.

Even more reason one wouldn't expect voters to jump candidates or parties.

Given the GP comment I assumed we weren't talking about that scenario where people are only a candidate or party voter.

I didn’t say that they’re voting for a candidate and would never change their mind either.

What are they voting for if not policy views, a particular candidate, or a particular party?

People vote for a candidate’s vibes but they can change their minds if a better candidate comes along!

Trump doesn't "have policy views". Trump _is_ the policy and the view.

Trump surely has policy views. Maybe they aren't consistent, and he often speaks contradictory to whatever his views are, but you're underestimating him if you believe his has no views. If you consider him a threat, underestimating him sounds dangerous

> Trump _is_ the policy and the view.

That may be true for voters, I know quite a few Trump voters that only care to vote for him and couldn't explain any coherent policy reason for preferring him. That has no bearing on Trump's own policies or views though.

> I know quite a few Trump voters that only care to vote for him and couldn't explain any coherent policy reason for preferring him

Perhaps the reasons can't be mentioned in polite company.

I assume you mean they're racist. Yes I do know one openly racist person who happened to vite for Trump. I don't think he voted for Trump for that reason though, he's just been a republican voter for decades if I'm not mistaken.

No, I mean they'd rather not verbalize why they want Trump in office. Like one of his voters mentioned during his first term when she felt he wasn't "hurting who he's supposed to". A surprising number of Trump voters see him as a tool for retribution against various groups the voters' feel animosity towards. Saying this outright is probably something most are not comfortable to say to you, so they stay vague and non-specific.

Gotcha, I totally misread that one.

I would assume the same goes for some Democratic voters as well. There's a lot of hate thrown across the aisle in both directions these days. Maybe it comes more frequently from Trump's supporters, I don't know, but I've been surprised by how much blatant disregard, disrespect, and animosity I've heard from those on the left. The idea of voting for Trump was so foreign to many in the Biden/Harris bubble that anyone willing to vote for Trump must have been crazy or less than.

I didn't vote for Trump (or Harris), but working in the tech industry and mostly around people who would consider themselves progressive or liberal has been pretty eye opening the last few elections. Everyone wants to be inclusive unless its political and they strongly disagree with the other side.

> I would assume the same goes for some Democratic voters as well

That's an interesting idea. Care to expound on who some Democratic voters were eager for Kamala to "hurt"?