How much will your life be affected by who's elected president in November? Here's a sampling of what Chicago Sun-Times readers told us, lightly edited for clarity and readability:
"All the difference in the world to working-class Americans, to women and to Black people."
Earl Watkins, 47
"If we elect Kamala Harris in November and more Democrats, we will see a total collapse of our economy and the global economy."
Ben Ruiz, 37
"Huge difference. The environment needs protection, and Trump will not offer that."
Carley Ives
"The president gets too much blame and credit for things. Ultimately, your decisions and actions are what dictate your life."
Ty Nelson
"No president has ever had an effect on the quality of my life, and the next one will be no different."
Brock Elliot
"On climate change, civil rights, education and foreign policy, it matters significantly. On policing and corporate power, they are pretty much the same."
Beaumont Sebos
"In practical terms, not a lot. In moral/political/philosophical terms, quite a bit."
Craig Barner, 59, Ravenswood
"It will affect being able to buy a home and the cost of living. Everything has gone up under the disastrous term of Biden/Harris."
Joan Love
"It definitely will affect me if any part of Project 2025 is implemented. I remember not being able to get a mortgage without a man’s signature. I remember when Roe v. Wade was made law, and I remember when elected officials were shamed for compromising integrity."
Robyn Michaels, 70, Rogers Park
"The difference between being a proud American and a frightened and embarrassed American."
Kathy Mazzocco, 77
"If Trump loses the election, he loses his freedom. If Trump wins the election, we lose ours."
Thomas Hochman, Evanston
