Why this election is over
The Trump campaign can pivot, attack, push conspiracy theories, rant and rave, or have their dope read somebody else's words from a teleprompter all they want. They can't come back.
Hillary is trusted by just 27% in some polls. Hillary is perceived as a regular politician. Count me as part of that 27% and count me as someone who thinks this is the greatest country in the world, not in spite of our politicians, but because of them. Distrust of government, which is run by politicians, is a result of decades of tearing each other down every election cycle. When the candidates willingly give the perception to the voters of the lesser of two evils, in the end, an overwhelming majority of voters still figure the final choice is evil. Then there are pitched battles for every issue. Compromise is viewed as a sell out. So, here's my point. Hillary's negatives are baked in. The other side has thrown everything at her for the past 30 years. Either you trust her or you don't. Nothing will change on that front in the next 82 days.
Here's what's also baked in. Just as many, if not more voters, distrust Trump. But that's not really his problem, because as I've mentioned, people generally distrust everyone who runs for office, and Trump is no different. Here's Trump's problem. 70% of the registered voters think he's fucking nuts. Seventy Percent. They may call it "temperament" in the polling question, but everyone knows it means "fucking nuts". As the general public paid attention during and just after the convention, Trump solidified that impression in the voters' minds. There's no turning back.
In the end, a vast majority of voters will choose a perception of more of the same rather than a man who has confirmed that he's completely out of the mainstream of any semblance of emotional and intellectual normalcy. In the final analysis, the voters have already chosen untruthful over unstable.
Nothing either side can do will change those perceptions.
Please don't flame me. This is just an objective analysis. I love Hillary. I supported her in 2008. I have argued with my white, blue collar male friends (Trump's demographic) over their misconception of her trust. I supported her this election cycle. I knocked on doors, sent her money and have followed her career at least since 1992.
I'm with her.
Trust in Government Link:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/5392/trust-government.aspx
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