I think when you look at the heart of MAGA you see a common thread through all of it. They feel discounted. They feel unheard. They feel like their feelings have taken a backseat to the feelings of others. That anger gets directed at so-called coastal elites and intellectuals. Those groups feel superior to the regular folks.

We’ve talked about what ends up happening with that anger and who it gets directed at. What’s funny in a not so funny way is how that gets turned around. A commenter on Facebook (I am keeping him anonymous out of respect) essentially said that he owns a business, so he knows what he’s talking about and I don’t because I don’t own a business. Pot? Meet kettle.

That’s the real ballgame here for conservatives. They love the electoral college. It allows them to condense the election from 50 states down to seven states where things are theoretically a toss up. As it stands, Donald Trump has very little chance of winning the popular vote.

The point is that when the electoral college was set up it was set up to prevent the masses from choosing the president. We may be nearly 250 years into the future, but we are still there as a practicality. The biggest difference between liberals and conservatives is who they want to choose who leads our country.

It is a feeling that they are somehow more valuable than you and me. They are more successful and therefore more valuable. If you look at our overarching economic policy since 1980 it is an overwhelming belief that so-called job creators are more valuable than those performing the jobs. This is why we are busting unions. This is why wages for workers have stagnated while wages for CEOs and captains of industry have gone through the roof.

In that world, those that are “successful” see their vote and voice as more valuable than anyone else’s. Imagine the hubris of a businessman thinking their opinion on education policy being more valuable and more informed than an educator’s. Imagine that same businessman thinking their opinion on health care reform, national defense, science policy, or the criminal justice system being more valuable than people working in those industries.

Business people might be experts in their area of business, but they rarely have a wealth of knowledge outside of that immediate area. This immediately becomes important when we are talking about issues of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender equality. It’s not that we don’t get an opinion. It is that those opinions aren’t worth as much as someone that has lived that experience.

Where we make out mistake is assuming that we know more than others because of our status. I have more education than most, but that doesn’t make me an expert across the board. Someone can be in business, but that’s a fairly narrow focus. I might feel my opinion is more informed than someone else’s, but they still get their opinion and they still get their vote.

If Kamala Harris wins then job one and maybe the only job is moving us forward to wear the idea of a “swing state” is a thing of the past. Who gets the most votes? That’s the only question that should matter. I don’t care if you are a businessman or a minimum wage employee. Your vote should count the same. That is the way democracies work.