I was there for it. It was a lot like mine, but more optimistic

A civil public email would have been fine.

The American catholics who i know love Francis and think it’s taken too long to get him. Anecdotal, but I think the Dallas based church would have difficulty convincing local parishes that the Catholic pope is now misinformed and the new bigot really speaks for God

Yeah, and the answer is quite a bit for some cases.

How much could performance even improve?

If Trump is one vote from winning NY then he swept the board. There’s no way NY goes red in any election that has NY as the tipping point state.

Definitely voting for someone who doesn’t support genocide for president. Down ballot I’ll likely vote 3rd party as well, but I haven’t decided for sure.