Tom Edwards

Live Oak, Tex.

To the Editor:

I might consider Joe Biden based on his experience and temperament. Tulsi Gabbard impresses me for her thoughtful approach to a given subject and the fact that she has actually served our country in the armed forces. The rest of the bunch are shills with little or no common sense or regard for taxpaying, hardworking citizens! They cater to activist tribes and have no intention of bringing our country together. They promise everything for free, and fools will believe them. The middle class will pay — or what’s left of it!

Joe Trainor

Forest Hills, Queens

To the Editor:

As an independent, I represent the voters who decide whether the person who lives in the White House is a Democrat or a Republican. Over the last 50 years I’ve voted for candidates of both parties. My vote is based only on which of the two candidates I believe has more “common sense” on the issues confronting the country rather than political ideology.

My vote in 2016 went to Donald Trump because his logic made more sense to me than that of his Democratic opponent. America’s relations with both our friends and adversaries needed an “update,” and it is happening! Domestically, the country’s programs — including health care, education, entitlements, immigration, and competition and tax policy — are working only for the “special interests,” but not for the population at large.

I will vote for President Trump again only if he acknowledges the above failures and promises common sense and financially feasible solutions. Otherwise, I’m inclined to vote for Senator Elizabeth Warren at this time.

Ira Sohn

New York

To the Editor:

I did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016 and will certainly not vote for him in 2020, but I’d like to point out that this survey is a very flawed exercise from the outset. By virtue of the fact that only people who read The Times will be responding, and given Mr. Trump’s characterization of The Times as fake news and not worth reading, the survey pool will be skewed toward the more susceptible “fence straddlers” in the voting population.