While pundits are obsessing about the nomination battle for RGB's replacement, an analysis of social media conversations shows swing voters are much more interested in seeing how Biden will perform against Trump.
There's a magic circle humming away in the background of much of the election coverage. Many of the politicos' and journos' opinions are formed in cliquey conversations and driven by polling data—itself driven by the agenda of those same cliquey conversations. Those polling numbers, while worthy, ask voters questions on topics that already dominate the media/political conversation, not the conversations that non-wonks have.
, with obsessive discussions around her legacy and her replacement on the Supreme Court bench. Will it be decided by Trump before the election or by Biden after? What's the political balance that will emerge and define the long term policies? Does that bring abortion, healthcare and women's rights to the very forefront of the conversation?The thing is, in electoral terms, few outside Washington care.
In particular, while the media clutch their pearls over politicians changing their minds over Supreme Court nominations, to voters, it sounds like moaning that the dog keeps barking. That's what they do.
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