ASPartOfMe wrote:
Back to the original point of electability.
Somewhat related to something Cenk was discussing I have seen a number of discussions by anti Trump conservatives talking about Trumps tweets costing him the election. Their thinking is the economy is good a lot of conservatives agree with his key policies, his persona/racism etc is the reason he can’t get above 44 percent approval rating.
Considering the way that his supporters are treated in the media, etc., it wouldn't surprise me if there were a large number who don't answer these types of polls honestly...Most people aren't willing to do something which will make them a potential target, and so will try to "blend in" rather than state their true opinion, particularly to a stranger.
This can be shown by Brexit and the 2016 US election results where the media and those in power were predominantly pushing one side and saying how bad supporters of the other were, resulting in polls which differed considerably from the actual results of the elections/referendums.
The problem with political discourse at present is that you have one side talking down to the other and so leading to conflict, rather than treating the other side as equals and trying to understand why they think as they do and so potentially nudge them towards the "correct" choices. Additionally, some people can get their backs up when told what they "should" do and will go and do the opposite out of spite.
14 Oct 2019, 4:29 pm
