Also, it does not seem to occur to them that a lot of voters are, fairly obviously, just lying to pollsters about what issues motivate them. When there’s a huge swing in how well-off people perceive themselves economically between Nov 4 & Nov 6, that should tell you something’s fishy.
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Will Stancil
Yeah, this is my biggest political pet peeve: liberals are always designing messages for hypothetical people. But real people are very complicated bundles mostly made up of strong emotions, and do not at all resemble the hypothetical people liberals imagine, who are just self-interested dullards
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Democrats stop being this countries unrewarded saviors. Everyone wants D’s to do the heavy lifting then Vote GOP.
They’re simple people looking for simple answers to a complex world.
Republicans give them that, truth be damned.
“Complicated.” GTFOH
I'm not condoning it, I just don't see a solution for it. Everybody lies to themselves.
“We will research sickle cell” is not a substitute for universal healthcare.
https://time.com/5434381/tayari-jones-moral-middle-myth/
Democrats did fine with the middle class - they hemorrhaged working class voters of color.
Most racists do not believe they are racists
all people are chimps operating on 100 million year old chimp brains. we have access to reason but most people access it as often as that fondue pot in the back of the lower corner cabinet in the kitchen