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I've had a similar experience recently with my family (though I failed to convince them to think for themselves) and I fully agree with you.
One of my uncles said he's voting to Trump to lower gas prices - I told him no American president has ever set gas prices. My aunt, who was on the fence (no pun intended), was concerned about migrants coming through the border - I told her about the bipartisan immigration bill that Trump managed to kill so Biden wouldn't get a win. She was also concerned about female rights. Someone else argued that there were no wars during Trump's term and that Harris would be soft on international politics - I informed them there were "no wars" (not true) because Trump let everyone do what they wanted and empowered our enemies.
It's just really hard to understand how people can go about their lives not have a passing interest in politics or elections. Especially given that it's basically everything in the world right now.
At the same time, these fucking election ads are just the worst. Every single one of them, including many of Harris', are full of blatant lies and distortions of the facts. I watch some of them and say to myself - this is what's going to decide the election, an ad full of lies.