Fear and Loathing at the Ballot Box

Like most libertarians--and most sane Americans--David Friedman looks upon the Trump v. Harris contest with dread: My opinion of the election is "a plague on both your houses." Kamala Harris is an extreme representative of an ideology I have opposed for most of my life. Donald Trump has three major positions on two of which, immigration and trade, he manages to be even worse than his opponent. While I have some sympathy for his views on the third [foreign policy], I do not trust him to execute a consistent and competent alternative. His disinterest in whether what he says is true, extreme even for a politician, I find offensive. ...but then comes this confession: That is my intellectual view of the matter. It is not my emotional view. Reading news stories and observing the effect on my feelings, I note that I am reacting like a Trump partisan. Poll results that look good for him make me happy, poll results that look bad for him make me sad.... If Harris wins I will feel disappointed. If Trump wins I will feel relieved, at least until the first outrageous thing he does.