Today is election day, or I should say it's the culmination of an election process that began weeks ago with mail-in balloting. I wrote to a friend of mine who was skeptical of Donald Trump that I think there's a spectrum along which both Trump supporters and Trump opponents lie.
At one end of the spectrum are those who don't care what Trump says or does, they love him. At the other end are those who don't care what Trump says or does, they hate him.
In between are three kinds of folks: There are those who consider Trump's personal behavior to lie along a range from unfortunate to odious but think the benefit of his policies to the nation supersedes the risk posed by his character flaws.
Another group consists of those who think his behavior is so bad that it overrides any benefit to be gained from his policies and who won't vote for him because of it.
A third group is comprised of those who dislike and reject his policies regardless of his behavior. As I see things, ... most Trump voters I know are in the first group. My friend, I assume, and most Never-Trump Republicans are in the second, and most Democrats are in the third.
In any case, it's my prayer that the person who wins this election is God's choice to lead our nation, that the election is not tainted by fraud, that whatever may be the result there is no consequent violence, and that whoever wins we still love and respect those who chose differently than we did.
