listen: it's less that i'm not on either side of the election, although i suppose that is a technical truth. it's more that i take a kind of classical anarchist position: it is the democrats and republicans that are actually on the same side, which is the side of capitalism. the side i am on is the side that opposes both parties, and broadly equally so.

from about 1930-1990 or so, the democrats were usually the least evil option. the lines started to blur with clinton, and the spectrum may be shifting with trump.

but, realizing that the republicans may be becoming the lesser evil is not to take their side against the democrats, or switch sides, because i was never on the side of the democrats in the first place, and the republicans are still very evil.

races for the senate and the house and the governor and etc are going to more individualistic. as an anarchist, i would have never presented a party preference; the reality is that the vast majority of these races are inconsequential, and the candidates will end up with virtually indistinguishable voting records. in some cases, there may be democratic candidates worth supporting; in others, there may be republican candidates worth supporting. but, broadly speaking, i am more likely to support an independent or third party candidate than i am to support either of the two major parties, who i see as broadly interchangeable.

to an extent, i guess if the republicans think i'm secretly a democrat and the democrats think i'm secretly a republican then the conclusion is that i must be a fair voice - and not one in the centre (the centre of a one-party state is the one-party state, itself), but one outside of the spectrum. and, i often place myself outside of the discourse - because the side i'm on is the one that opposes the two of them equally, as a two-headed monster.

the facts on the ground are that the republicans are engaging in massive, widespread vote suppression tactics, and that the effects of these efforts have been decisive in multiple contests over the last several years, including the last presidential election. any polling analysis consequently needs to be very careful that it isn't overestimating support amongst groups that are going to have difficulty voting.

and, that is truly the extent of my analysis.