Those interested in a psychologist’s point of view watching our current political situation may be interested in the following. I am an independent, neither republican nor democrat, but refer to myself as a supporter of the “lover” party. Whichever politicians are doing what is most loving to the most human beings is who I support, regardless of party affiliation.
Anyone with average intelligence or higher, or of average emotional intelligence or higher will be interested in the following. I welcome factual and respectful discussion, as other points of view are valid as well. 😊
People who care about freedom for all will want to vote blue because blues have a history of seeking freedom for the majority, not for the few. Closing voting sites, prohibiting what people read, and forcing people to be parents before they are ready or choose to, are restrictions to freedom that have been demonstrated and promoted by conservatives who want to control people, not give them freedom. If someone wants freedom for themselves, but gains it by taking it away from others, they are thinking red.
Most people who care about women will vote blue because they have a chance to regain some of the autonomy women lost under the last administration’s influence. Those who don’t think women should be enslaved into motherhood against their will, those who wish to be allowed have children without interference, as well as those who do not want to be abused and those who want to be respected by men and society will want to reclaim their power from which they’ve been recently stripped.
Those who are concerned about the economy and inflation would be wise to vote blue this fall because of the large-scale Recovery Act instituted by the current administration, which is repairing roads and bridges, bringing the internet to rural areas, and giving back millions of people jobs taken away from them by Trump. Anyone who cashed those stimulus checks issued by our government to save some families and ease the pain of millions of others after the pandemic will probably be strong blues because of the generous actions that helped them. Small businesses, families, and those who realize the measures taken by the current administration to bring down inflation are now working (after the investment spike in spending necessary to recover from Trump’s recession) will rationally vote blue. Inflation has been coming down since fall of ’22.
Those who are wealthy (making more than $150,000 a year) can vote red with the expectation of tax breaks from Mr. Trump, as described in Project 2025, similar to what he did last time as president. Those making under $150,000 may want to vote blue, as their taxes are projected to go up if Trump wins. Remember, Trump's last policy of tax breaks sent 83% of the money to the richest people, leaving common Americans left to pay for those benefits to the super-wealthy.
Those who value access to medical care, especially seniors, would be wise to vote blue because of the tremendous gains made in the last few years helping Americans handle their medical expenses (like reducing insulin costs by hundreds of dollars a month for those affected) and the promise reds in their presidential candidate and Congressional republicans have made to reduce or eliminate Medicare and Social Security.
Veteran and veteran families may want to vote blue because of the frequent cuts to veteran benefits by reds, and the degrading and attacking comments (referring to them as "losers"and "suckers") on those who have faithfully served in our military by former president Trump, who cannot find a way to respect those who gave and preserved his freedom.
Families of the more than 1 million Americans who died of COVID, along with others who have permanent damage from partial recovery from COVID will wisely vote blue because they realize Trump had a 4 month warning of the coming disaster, denied it (“it will magically disappear”) and put many others in grave danger (“injecting bleach will take care of it”). Those that survived now have pre-existing conditions which will eliminate them from care as Trump seeks to destroy the Affordable Care Act as promised. It took the Biden-Harris administration more than 6 months to get on top of that COVID disaster once Trump was out.
Those who are concerned about our immigrants and our borders will smartly vote blue, because those who cooperated in a bipartisan effort to create the most aggressive bill in history that would seriously address the border issue, was toileted by Mr. Trump and his conservative red followers, who clearly demonstrated they did not want to solve the border problem. Blues want to solve this issue with caring and sensitivity to human beings. Reds seem to just want to keep people out, believing there are more bad ones than good ones coming in, and ignoring the reality that crimes committed by immigrants are significantly less common proportionally than those committed by resident Americans.
Those familiar with history of fiscal responsibility will remember that blues traditionally fix the devastating economy damage left by reds (Clinton saving us from the Bush 101% national debt increase and changing the national deficit to a positive surplus), Obama rescuing us from the Bush Jr. Great Recession, and Biden saving from the devastation of the Trump economy, who had increased the national debt by $6.7 trillion. Biden’s debt increase is ½ of Trump’s, even with the American Rescue Plan and Recovery Act that put us back on our feet. Not sure why some miss the obvious fact that Trump’s financial acumen is stunningly poor, with 6 bankruptcies relieving him of 100’s of millions of dollars of debt due to his poor management.
Christians who follow a Jesus of compassion, respect, and love, would likely vote blue, while Christians who are more hate oriented, punishing, and fearful of those who believe differently from themselves may be more comfortable voting red, where prejudice and fearing those different from themselves is encouraged.
Those who want peace are prone to vote blue because peace lovers do not want to be forced to live under the control of those who abuse women, increase the power of the rich over the middle class, and authorize and encourage law-breaking at the expense of the innocent. They will not choose a president or a Congress that cozies up to dictators like Putin, Kim, and Xi. Peace lovers know the value of honoring all human beings and do not seek to put them under a dictatorship promised by Trump on ‘day one’.
Those who are on the conservative side of the abortion issue will likely vote red, thinking that zygotes, embryos, and fetuses are human beings, rather than following what God declared in Genesis 2:7, that life begins at breath, not conception. Those who are anti-abortion on the more liberal side will vote blue, knowing that historically blue administrations reduce abortions, (usually because of supporting birth control), while abortions increase under conservative policies, as has happened with the red Supreme Court recently.
It’s clear that several patterns emerge in analyzing our current affairs in politics:
Trump’s base remains the rural and less educated, who do not have the research skills or critical thinking skills (or the interest) to separate truth from fiction. Trump has been able to tap into the repressed anger of those whose emotional intelligence is hampered to effectively deal with their feelings (particularly fear and anger). He can play the emotionally damaged and non-thinkers to his advantage, showing us that what he proclaimed in his book, The Art of the Deal, that if you tell a lie enough times with confidence, you can get many people to believe you. Those who are susceptible to believe lies and have poor emotional boundaries are the most vulnerable to his influence.
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