To the editor: After the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, I watched a televised focus group of undecided voters in Pennsylvania. I got here away baffled by Trump-leaning voters who cited the drastic worth will increase of grocery gadgets corresponding to bread, milk and bacon. (“How can tens of millions of voters nonetheless be undecided between Trump and Harris? Listed here are their causes,” column, Sept. 16)
Is it actually not price consuming two slices of bacon versus 4 for breakfast (and even none in any respect) in an effort to proceed to stay in a county freed from threats to imprison your political opponents? Do you actually wish to danger dwelling in a Nazi-style nation so you’ll be able to eat extra bacon?
To me, that appears to be the easy selection. And but, tens of millions of voters stay undecided. It’s really baffling.
Gail Molen, Austin, Texas
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To the editor: Apparently, the voting bloc that might determine the election contains “undecideds” who haven’t been paying consideration, “double-haters” who don’t like both candidate, and voters who’re solely listening to how the financial system impacts them within the quick time period.
In different phrases, the way forward for our nation, even our democracy, relies on residents who don’t know, don’t care, or don’t assume it issues both approach. Democracy is being eaten away by the three-headed monster of ignorance, apathy and cynicism.
Can’t we do higher than this? Within the Data Age, can’t we nurture an informed populace that understands how its authorities works, residents who care concerning the future and settle for their accountability to elect leaders who will serve with integrity?
I perceive that individuals are preoccupied with incomes a dwelling, elevating their children and looking for some that means in life, but when the destiny of our nation is set by the “undecided,” then we’re really misplaced.
Laurie Jacobs, San Clemente
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To the editor: I should be dwelling within the Twilight Zone.
Trump tried to invalidate the votes of 81 million folks in a free and truthful election. The loser of the 2020 election, he wished to remain in energy regardless. He impressed a violent riot on the U.S. Capitol.
Through the debate that these undecided voters watched, Trump didn’t apologize for any of that and nonetheless claimed he received the election. He made a false, racist and harmful declare that authorized immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, have been consuming peoples’ pets. His vice-presidential candidate remains to be defending that declare in interviews.
Trump was discovered answerable for sexually assaulting a girl. He unfold the racist lie that former President Obama was not born on this nation. He was sued for defrauding college students who attended his pretend college, ultimately settling for $25 million.
With a document like that, how can anybody imagine that he cares concerning the American folks?
Zareh Delanchian, Tujunga
