It isn't about the candidates - think about the long-con. Heated people in an argument tend to ignore rational reasoning. Heated, divided people tend to ignor

It isn't about the candidates - think about the long-con. Heated people in an argument tend to ignore rational reasoning. Heated, divided people tend to ignore olive branches "by the other side", and miss potential chances to talk it out and find the truth in the middle. Heated people tend to cherry-pick "facts" in the news/science to further their own agenda - and once when the populace is divided, it acts as a wonderfully lovely* buzz-saw tailor-made to erode democracy because people who fight to the death for "their side" and ignore others tend to make rather obtuse policy choices/votes over the course of the next few decades. Which in turn, impacts the US's global stance little-by-little. */s