Election 2024: A "Vibe Check" Ahead of the Debate

Relevant considering this election.

Welcome back to Smartt Takes! If you follow me or (@smartt_takes) on instagram, then you know that, on the day that Mars entered Gemini and Microsoft was “part of” a global data outage, my tech went haywire. I lost all of my cloud data and got locked out of several accounts, including this one. All of my work disappeared, and I received frightening messages encouraging me to write my first newsletter. 😳

Alas, with the not so expedient help of the powers that be— plus a silly user-error— my data is still gone… but I’m back! And just in time for the 2024 election push… which certainly looks a lot different than it did last time we spoke. There’s 55 days until the election — for reference, it’s been 51 since Biden dropped out. I.e., a lot can change, as we know.

Let’s get into it, starting with a bit of a recap/contextual analysis.