one of the problems with political analysis of all stripes is that it's a bunch of mostly moderately smart people for whom politics is essentially their lives trying to analyze the behavior of mostly slightly dumb people who barely think about it - ThreadSky

beijingpalmer.bsky.social • 114 days ago

one of the problems with political analysis of all stripes is that it's a bunch of mostly moderately smart people for whom politics is essentially their lives trying to analyze the behavior of mostly slightly dumb people who barely think about it

Reposted from jamelle

the thing about being a political junkie is you have extremely difficult time conceptualizing how someone could be totally ignorant of politics but i would strongly encourage you to imagine the kind of person who googled “did biden drop out?” on november 4th and then cast a ballot on november 5th

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thisisyee.bsky.social•114 days ago

Perhaps the distain that today's right have for people who are "underneath" them gives an advantage: they assume the most base instincts of people and play to that, while the left are more inclined to project a sophistication to people that doesn't exist for most.

ettorrecos.bsky.social•114 days ago

Berlusconi always told the his subordinates: "Remember that your typical elector is like a seventh-grade boy and not one sitting in the front desks"

johnqpublic.bsky.social•114 days ago

I was that seventh-grader!

(But we were called grade sevens.)

davedaveson.bsky.social•114 days ago

Voting should require some very low bar test at the booth to prove you’re taking your civic duty vaguely seriously. Like, before seeing the ballot paper you need to name the candidates and their running mates.

ettorrecos.bsky.social•114 days ago

It would be un democratic and reinforce the powerful rather than the intelligent

davedaveson.bsky.social•114 days ago

It would play into the hands of the powerful minority who know the names of the candidates, true.

tirinir.bsky.social•114 days ago

"Everyone gets one vote" is a very robust Schelling point. Other options might risk coordination failure, and yes, capture by the powerful (who can choose to act to change the election game).

verenastefan.bsky.social•114 days ago

Democracy needs a demos to work, and at the moment, this seems to be lacking. We are moving to ochlocracy very fast.

bribleck.bsky.social•114 days ago

We’re trying to win over swing voters who — have recently discovered there is an election

redletter.bsky.social•114 days ago

I think you’re giving a lot of credit to political junkies here

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•114 days ago

it'd be like if sports was decided not by the players or the fans but by people like me who have to google the name of our local teams

nilo.bsky.social•114 days ago

Commanders, wizards, capitols, nationals, United, spirit. You’ll have to figure out the sports yourself 😉

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•114 days ago

literally the only one I can identify is the Commanders and that's only because I enjoyed the period where they were 'Washington Brand Sports Team, No Longer Racist'

deepcuts.bsky.social•114 days ago

"This one's for our favorite game
Black and gold, we wave the flag"

paulframe85.bsky.social•114 days ago

Graham Gooch was first picked for England and he had to be remind the chairman of selectors who picked him that he had already played against Australia earlier that summer(the opponents in his first test match).

paulframe85.bsky.social•114 days ago

Allow me to introduce you to the concept of the NCAA College Football Playoff committee.

braylesong.bsky.social•114 days ago

Patriots keep losing Super Bowls because of how Tom Brady treated Bridget Moynahan

Steelers keep winning instead because Roethlisberger is a rapist that donates drug dogs to the police

jonsternfeld.bsky.social•114 days ago

🎯

joi-itos-jibo.bsky.social•114 days ago

I’m guessing that campaigns today- like all employers- try to hire people who already know about the project and care about it. We should stop doing that & just recruit marketing people that previously worked on car and booze ads. If they know who Tim Kaine is they’re disqualified

visitingwriter.bsky.social•114 days ago

There's also the part where a lot of political analysts are in relationships of one kind or another with the people they're supposed to be analyzing. Most of them also work for friends, family, and associates of the people they're supposed to be analyzing.

visitingwriter.bsky.social•114 days ago

It's a great big incestuous slurry, to borrow from a certain mid-2000s webcomic.

flashesofquincy.bsky.social•114 days ago

It basically tells me that you’ve never phone banked or canvassed either.

camasonian.bsky.social•114 days ago

To be fair, my daughter gives me the same disgusted look when it comes to my lack of knowledge of Hip Hop and K Pop bands.

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