OnPolitics: Be honest. Are you anxious about things?

Monday, September 14

A Democrat donkey and Republican elephant squaring off atop the American flag.

OnPolitics: The election is looming and people are anxious

The presidential election is speeding towards us with all its drama. How are Americans feeling about that?

50 days away. Are you ready?

Americans are on edge.

It's not just that we've have been cooped up at home to avoid a deadly contagion. Or that some downtown areas have been wracked with unrest fueled by protests over police violence and racism. Or that Americans are facing financial hardships because of the pandemic.

Many voters view the White House race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden as crucial to America's future. But while the president's supporters are more enthusiastic than Biden's, many voters grappling with multiple crises are unimpressed and uninspired by the choice they will face on Nov. 3.

Climate change causing wildfires, or nah?

President Donald Trump interrupted a western campaign swing Monday by flying to California to review wildfire damage - and renew his argument with state and local officials about what he says is the main cause of the fires that have claimed the lives of at least 35 people this month.

While government officials, and scientists, identified climate change as the primary culprit behind the intense wildfires, Trump insisted during a briefing in northern California that "forest management" is more to blame.

Officials working on the wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington state said the problem will only get worse if Trump continues to ignore the impact of climate change.

What else is going on?

•	House returns Monday for busy session with pandemic, shutdown
•	Trump campaign courts Latino voters in Arizona
•	Two-thirds say law and order a big problem, 61% say Trump protest response made things worse
•	Andrew Gillum says he identifies as bisexual in TV interview
•	Biden says wildfires show Trump doesn't deserve reelection, calls him 'climate arsonist'