You mean, it’s the most convincing reason not to vote for a candidate.
There’s nothing more political than lying.
Unfortunately, most voters figure most pols are liars. So, that washes out, and voters turn to economic self-interest. With nearly 1/2 the electorate on the gov’t teat, that one splits too.
So, what’s next, that can really get voters’ attention?
It SHOULD be freedom, but sadly, in this society, I think not. Corruption should be way up there too, but, unfortunately, what voters see as their immediate self interest tends to blind them.
What does fly, though, is the question “Which candidate is more likely to get one or those who one cares about, killed?” Here, with the ME in flames, 100’s of thousands killed, and now tensions ratcheting up with Russia, Trump has a big opening.
Obama could short circuit that, say, at the end of October, by cutting a deal with Putin, but Putin could force the terms to be so one sided that even Obama could not make that deal (Obama’s puppet-masters would not allow it.)