This election result isn't about Dem messaging.
Their messaging during the campaign was about helping the middle class, continuing with sound economic policies, affordable healthcare and education, the rights of women, strengthening the border, unity.
Their messaging during the campaign was about helping the middle class, continuing with sound economic policies, affordable healthcare and education, the rights of women, strengthening the border, unity.
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mis- & dis-information are the false spine upon which that entire magat movement is built.
we are now a nation that no longer questions what we see & hear if it appeals to our feelings or desires about outcomes.
The question is, how do we undo the media domination by 🦊 and their ilk?
When we glance at almost ANY car with a man & woman, the man is ALMOST ALWAYS driving! Insurance cos offer lower rates to women, the safer drivers statistically, but 'manly men' have to drive. My hubby of 35 yrs enjoys napping! I drive. He's confident AND smart
"This election isn't about policy or platform, it's about racism, misogyny, lack of education . . .[M]ore people chose a mythical war against non-existent problems, instead of sound policies delivered by reasonable human beings."
"At least we're not as bad as them"...this argument is dead.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they eloquently delivered their vision better beautifully.
There is no messaging that can overcome prejudice and ignorance, and those two factors are the only explanation for Trump even being the nominee and getting 75 million votes.
The people choose the criminal and we all will have to live with the consequences.
they wrongly determined that they alone could ‘check’ the power of a dictator, & ruled accordingly.
#Project2025 drove their message & enough voters didn’t care.
We need to stop pretending there is some perfect Democratic candidate or magic messaging to reach people who have abandoned objective reality and chosen to embrace their fears and phobias, while failing to do the slightest bit of work to know what candidates' policies and plans are.
The Dems didn't fail America, they just exist in a nation where far too many people don't pay attention or care to understand what's actually happening. Maybe more of those people will now.
And then they did it AGAIN. They've had TEN YEARS warning about this man
Removing education funding from "red states".
Demonizing those with information/news.
Increasing violence as a means for expressing discontent.
Sending manufacturing jobs overseas to leave labor workers impoverished.
Making Anger a celebrated emotion.
Its the media stupid
Dems must reclaim the Media. Dems lost the media 8 years ago. The Media flourished by normalizing & promoting MAGAt messaging on lunatic rightwing media AND mainstream networks. Dems must fix this. Immediately.
Dems lost the media 8 years ago. The Media found & flourished by spewing MAGAt messages.
Yes, there is a huge issue in the country that has to be dealt with, but it's also true that the republicans marketed their products to their contingency MUCH better than the democrats did.
Politics is nothing but marketing, and the side that best connects w/ their audience wins
We MUST accept the very real possibility that the past 4 years were spent not to legitimize Biden's win, but to prove Putin's methods of fraud undetectable. Trump was flabbergasted in 2020 because he thought he had cheated *just* enough.
The purpose of 24/7 news networks isn’t to deliver the news. It’s to deliver profits. If you take that perspective their behavior makes sense 😢
That's it - but that's a lot, isn't it?
We've not yet become the country of personal growth I'd hoped existed
Agreed it was a good campaign in that she had 100’days basically…but needs to be clear, concise & specific identified/targeted goals.
Clearly GOP has mastered misinfo campaigns in all formats.
What have Dems done to counter?
If lack of critical thinking & education are issue: then we need to make messages easier to understand in clear, bulleted points
1) What does ACA protect?
2) What is CHIP Act?
you made the exact same mistake you made in 2016
a complex economic message that the media was to lazy, or starved for resources, to report and that no one understood
no one voted on rights of women: and if you read David Leonhardt friday times, you should have known that this was a looser
Look at Trans issues. The right played people and their fears. People shut down when called racist.
I didn’t buy into Harris’ promises bc I knew Congress wouldn’t enact them. Many others felt the same way.
Your neighbors.
Your co-workers.
Your friends.
Your family.
We, as a country are in deep shit.
Expect more pain than this country has ever experienced as a result of this election.
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Bomb threats, unauthorized “poll watchers,” stated intention to “challenge” voters … the list goes on.
Thank You
God Help Us
America needs serious leadership
I kept hoping for a short & simple animated ad -
“The Tariff”
We’ve been shocked and appalled by “these Republicans” for over a decade. That’s not working to our benefit, but to theirs.
We need a better approach.
Yes, this is who Americans are: ignorant, mean and stupid.