The 2020 US presidential election is very different from the previous election as people are nervous about the future of the country amid nearly 8% unemployment and more than 231,000 deaths from Covid-19.
The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting locations and across autumnal green lawns, where signs for gardens at war pit one neighbor against another, The New York said. Times.
According to the NYT report, a fundamental concern about the country looms over most of the other concerns that voters describe when casting their votes: The future of America worries them more than whether they may lose a job in this recession, whether they could. get sick in this pandemic. , if they could be personally harmed by violent crimes.
The national poll by the NYT and Siena College has stated that voters fear that the United States could lose its democracy.
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“That sentiment means different things to voters on the left and right. Republicans describe fears of progressive socialism from within the Democratic Party and profound changes in American values amid protests against police and historical figures. Democrats fear threats to democracy from the White House itself, as they describe Trump as undermining the country’s institutions and the rule of law, ”stated the NYT.
Similarly, opinions are divided on the subject of the economy, the importance of wearing masks and whether schools should reopen with full attendance.
According to the NYT report, the official unemployment rate in September was 7.9% and more than 12.6 million people are unemployed, five million more than when Donald Trump took office.
In several battle states, including Pennsylvania (8.1 percent), Texas (8.3 percent), Ohio (8.4 percent), Michigan (8.5 percent), and Nevada (12.6 percent) ), the unemployment rate is higher than the national average. . Others fare better, with Wisconsin at 5.4%, Georgia at 6.4% and North Carolina at 7.3%. However, they are all in a much worse situation than a year ago, the report noted.
Another point on which American citizens are divided is the coronavirus. While Democrats believe the worst is yet to come, Republicans believe the worst is behind.
Nebraska, which divides its Electoral College votes and has been a focal point for Trump, has averaged more than 1,100 coronavirus cases per day in the past week, the most of any point in the pandemic, the NYT noted.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 situation in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan is concerning.
In addition to these factors, Americans are concerned about voter fraud, misinformation, misinformation, possible violence, and disruptions in voting.
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