Why don't I know anyone who has changed their minds about the 2020 election?

I have been avoiding Facebook for the most part and quite frankly have been slowly losing interest in the platform for some time. But after hearing about the social media "shaming" that was "requiring" everyone to post a black rectangle on their social media, I went out for curiosity sake.

First of all, the bulk of my Facebook friend group are moderate to liberal. My wife's family and many of our mutual Seattle friends are mostly liberal. Many of my college friends are liberal. Most of my musician friends also happen to be liberal. Some of my cousins are more conservative, as is my brother and his family.  I honestly had no idea where most of my co-workers and other friends stood.

Not too surprisingly I saw more "political" style messages than I am used to seeing, but surprisingly they were not what I suspected I would see. First, I saw no "black rectangles" in support of BLM. In fact I saw very little support at all for BLM or the protests. I saw the usual suspects who are generally politically active still active, including a long winded post by one person detailing his own "action" he took in regards to his displeasure with the police. Of course, there was the obligatory attacks on the President by a couple of other FB friends who have a long history of such things.

But for the most part I saw frustration with the rioting, frustration with the lock downs, and a surprising amount of support for law enforcement. I saw several blunt posts with pictures of rioting and some form of caption that suggested if you thought this was okay, to immediately unfriend them. There was a much more open drive from many of my moderate and conservative friends to condemn the violence and destruction than I ever would have expected. It's almost as if they are not "ashamed" to back up law enforcement or condemn riots.

Moreover, there wasn't a single person whom I otherwise would not have expected that was posting anything negative about the police, the President, or otherwise being supportive of BLM or the protests. But I saw multiple people who were doing the opposite, whom I never suspected would step up and say anything controversial, much less something that might get you labeled in today's society as racist.

So what's the point?

Well the point is that my personal reality and my 300-400 friend list is quite obviously a huge aberration from the general public... because according to everything I read, every poll that is published, and every liberal pundit you hear from, I should have seen at least a few people who would now be out in favor of BLM, riots, and are suddenly voicing displeasure with the President. Certainly I should have not seen ANYONE who is taking an opposite view. There is no conventional wisdom, no polling, and nobody of importance reporting that ANYONE is actually standing with the police, standing for their freedom to leave their homes, or anyone who is actually against the rioting.

But it begs the question. Who are these people who used to support the President and now have decided not to. They don't exist with anyone I talk to. Nobody here on this blog has changed their minds. None of the other bloggers I read have changed their minds. These former Trump supporters apparently don't exist in my extended Facebook world. Certainly they don't exist with any of my 9600 plus Twitter followers. But if I am to believe the polls, at least one out of every ten of these people have changed their minds about supporting the President and are bound and determined to cast a vote for Dementia Joe Biden? Of course, oddly these people always seem to change their minds "back" about a week or so before the election, but I digress.

I wonder out loud, why these people who have obviously changed their minds (because polling is never wrong)... are pretending to still support the police, law and order, and the President?

It's a flipping mystery!