The US Presidential election will be held on Tuesday 3 November 2020. It is clearly the most unusual US election in history. It has been defined and limited by a pandemic. There was no big party convention with 1000s in attendance. Many events went virtual. One candidate is hardly on the campaign trail at all. Who could have imagined such a scenario, even a year ago? One of the big concerns for the 2020 US election is that voters will be looking at personality rather than policy. This is a big mistake. Serious governance is influenced by personality but ultimately guided by policy. There are serious issues at stake and we need to focus on them. The Economy This is often the Number One concern of most voters. In normal elections, the health of the economy can make or break an incumbent leader. Again, the situation is unusual: at the beginning of 2020 the US economy was in great shape in most areas (the federal deficit being the exception). Then the pandemic ...
'The Road Ahead' looks at some of the world trends issues and future forecasts from a Biblical worldview.