ABC Final meeting of Fall Term
ABC reconvened for our final meeting of the term this past Wednesday. We discussed the election and focused specifically on voting habits, the priorities driving voting decisions, and the state of the election. While the election took place on Tuesday evening, the results we not finalized when we met. Interestingly, the WSJ conducted a poll and asked participants whether this election is about the economy or about COVID-19 . While elections have historically been driven by people's perceptions of each candidate's ability to handle the economy, this year, it turns out 3% more people are voting based on who they believe will handle the coronavirus better . This is an interesting take on the election. Do you believe this is what voters considered? Or is there something else more prominent that went through voters' minds this year? We based our discussion primarily on this podcast. Charlotte brought up good points about voting habits, noting that Republicans seemed l