trump's typical ad against bernie: "Sanders served as an elector for the Socialist Workers Party"

[Nonhlanhla]

8. I've been saying since the start of the primaries

(even before I made up my mind to support Hillary) that I fear that a Bernie/Trump GE would amount to a referendum on socialism vs. capitalism. And this is a country that loves capitalism more than anything.

With Hillary vs. Trump the election can instead be framed as a battle between competent and incompetent. I suspect that given the high negatives both of them have (sorry Hillary, but it is sadly and largely unfairly true), a lot of people will decide based on which one they perceive to know what they're doing, instead of which one they like. At least, it will be Hillary's job to frame the election in those terms, before Trump frames it in terms more favorable to himself (e.g., "plain speaker vs. lying liar" - which is what I think he's aiming at, but which I don't think will work, since he's also seen as untrustworthy by most Americans). So with Hillary I think there's a better chance to frame the election in terms that are favorable to our side.