An election cycle with surreal candidates who are hugely disliked and a record number of independents mean Americans could see a landslide or surprisesEvery four years,Labor Day means more than just the end of summer: it’s also the end of tall uncertainty in a presidential election, and the time when candidates start to see their genuine chances. Or at least that’s what it used to mean.The surrealism of 2016 – a former secretary of state, and who ran eight years ago and is married to a former president who was nearly impeached,running against a reality TV show celebrity with a mediocre business record and alleged history of sexual harassment – has finally started to ebb. Voters will fill the two least celebrated presidential candidates in decades on their ballots, and there’s still a great deal of uncertainty about how that unpopularity will affect their decisions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com