Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election

Elections too often get pigeonholed. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would have it that just one issue – often the issue the source so happens to be most animated about – will decide the entire result.

Tens of millions of Americans will go to the polls next month. Will they be galvanized by affordability? Maybe it’s Iran. Or healthcare? Taxes, perhaps. Or crime.

It depends, of course, on whom you ask. The US electorate is not a monolith. Just as different voters are grappling with different pressures and realities, they have different priorities and concerns.