The difference between power and authority is crucial but poorly understood. The question, “Who decides?” is a matter of AUTHORITY. The question, “Who decides who decides?” is a matter of POWER. The United States today faces a crisis of authority brought on by malignant power.
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The polls have Biden up by 10, which is probably the best proxy to measure this concept of political charisma. But if polls/votes are the measure of charisma and also the way you win elections, I'm not sure the distinction really matters what you call it.
Polls the day before the election are a better one. But even those can be misleading, as they were in 2016.