Uncle Joe might not always say the right thing but he’s not likely to chastise the basket of deplorables either, no he’s too composed to be making comments that could lose him the election. He’s also got those lethargic moments which makes him seem harmless and endearing, or at the very least you know he’s not going to erratically start World War 3 with Iran.  
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Joe is your average guy, you’d have a pint with him down the local, he loves ice cream, aviators, and Amtrak. Most important of all he’s not under investigation by the FBI. So he’s got a lot of people appeal. 

Now the other thing is that people say Trump is unbeatable but the truth is not everything has been going Trumps way. You could argue that the longer Trump’s presidency went on the more votes he lost, and there are no new Trump votes. As a quick reminder of some of his actions; he started a trade war with China that resulted in American farmers losing their fourth largest export market, he shut down the government to try build a wall on the Mexican border, and he tried to bribe the Ukraine to plant some dirt on Uncle Joe which resulted in his own impeachment trial.
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When we look back at the 2016 election another shocking statistic is that Trump won 18 states by less than 250,000 votes. In fact if Hilary received a shift of less than 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin she would have won the election. I’d question if the Trump rally will bring out as many voters this time around. Two other swing states Trump won in 2016 are Florida & North Carolina and Biden is polling well in these states also. What this boils down to is a very competitive race, it’s hard to say who will win but it’s possible for Joe to win. I think the bookies know this too and as they’ve got a bit nervous about the blue wave in the swing states. 

It almost appears as if Joe can win this election just by not being Hillary Clinton, but he can also win hands down if people are tired of Trump’s New America, or if enough people just want to move back to normality and put the deplorables back in their basket. So sure Joe can win because even if he's not the president America deserves he’s most definitely the one they need right now and that should be enough to swing the election.  

As I burrowed through Wikipedia I discovered that Bahnsen once said "man is merely a nothing with self awareness", and so began my Covid existential crisis, in what was otherwise an unimaginable period of feriation.

In that very moment I received a notification on my Twitter feed which said "We are the virus". I don't know if I had a mild panic attack when I realised the truth in this or if instead I had Corona light and nearly died. Either way I'm not likely to see a doctor until 2025.

What's happening right now is one of the strangest events in human history and yet it seems hyper normal. In the old days people saw pestilence as one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse but our generation has taken it as an opportunity to complete Tik Tok, Netflix, and Candy Crush. I've a cousin who's spent the last two weeks categorising his favourite dance acts from America's Got Talent.

So at a time like this when our grandparents would have been worrying about poverty, food shortages, and inevitable death we're more concerned about when the pubs will be re-opening and what's coming up next on daytime tv. Either through middle class complacency or the optimism of modern life we're perfectly content to wait Covid out.

Yes indeed, the end is far from nigh despite a worldwide pandemic gripping every nation on earth. In what could have been an anarchist's wet dream, we have instead developed a global staycation that's allowed people to discover vodka cheese, tonic wine, and the female eunuch.

Despite this all of our lives are changing right now as a result of international self isolation. I for one have taken to watching You Tube tutorials on how to cut my own hair, and I doubt I'll be paying for a haircut ever again. I can see a future without hair salons and cornershop barbers. There will be many more changes I'm sure, from the way we shop to the way we work, to the way we death stare someone who coughs in our general direction.

At the end of all this many of us will be able to say that instead of thinking about death, Covid 19 brought us a new way of thinking about life. Whether that means you're using zoom to connect with loved ones, talking to Jesus, or recycling your milk cartons, it doesn't really matter. The outcome is that you stopped to smell the roses and thought about your life for thirty seconds. Maybe someone will discover its meaning.

The Taoiseach's "Come Together, By Staying Apart, Over Me" speech really divided the country. Half the people I talk to say they had an emotional response, they like Fine Gael, and they've taken to watch mass on RTE daily now. The other half are angry that it did nothing to protect DIY shops, that it never mentioned Mary Lou, and that we should be sacrificing more children to appease the Covid.

Meanwhile life is changing all around us, supermarkets have dedicated granny times, we're excited about moratoriums, frightened by the surge, and everytime we use the toilet we end up singing champagne soapernova to ourselves.

The Corona Virus has shown us that the whole world can come together to solve problems, which is handy to know in case there's ever an alien invasion. However it does make you wonder why we've been fucking about with climate change for so long. It's also a reminder of just how connected we are to one another, the world got a demonstration of just how skiing in Ischgl can effect the homeless on the streets of London.

Corona has held up a spotlight on humanity, the most unfortunate are affected by Corona and with no way of protecting themselves the virus has possibly spread further than it should. At a time when we should be learning about global inequality we're probably going to hear more about the share price of Facebook.

It's also very possible that we'll see big changes in Ireland, Paddy's Day moved to September, pasta stockpiles will replace the potato, and people will gradually return to work, to do the thing they hated most a few weeks ago. However the threat of a three year recession is looming in the air and it's hard to know what we'll do if it happens. It's true that the Irish are born to immigrate but there might be no where to go if the whole world has Covid, so this time we'll all be staying on with nothing to do. I can't say what will happen then but we'll probably win the world cup, the Eurovision, and get the six counties back.