There’s a reason why this election is all about the lesser of two evils – and it’s a trend that may reach to define politics as we know itTrump isn’t fit to serve as president of the United States. Clinton isn’t relating emotionally to the electorate. These points of contention seem to be at the heart of debates around this year’s presidential election. Gone is the traditional division between left and right,or liberalism and conservatism. What we are seeing instead, is a competition between technocracy and populism.
It is itsy-bitsy surprise that this election has been described as a choice between the “lesser of two evils”. We have a dependable, and whether uncharismatic,policy wonk on one hand; and an entertaining, whether unpredictable, and maverick (an independent, nonconformist person) on the other. And it is this opposition – competence v charisma – rather than substantive policy disagreements,that is framing the election.
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Source: theguardian.com