I am tired of this "Silent Majority" myth

[Proud liberal 80]

For one, they are not silent. They are the most obnoxious, in your face, wearing their MAGA hats, always spouting their opinions people there are. Second, they aren’t the majority of Americans, but are the hateful, racist 35%.

[Walleye]

1. I agree. I wish they would be silent

[soothsayer]

2. He says that to explain how he might suddenly win despite no one voting for him

[beachbumbob]

3. you are confusing who the REAL silent majority and its by far made of democrats who

sit out voting, they will not be silent any more

[Wicked Blue]

4. +1000

Loudmouth blowhards. Deep down inside, I'll bet that many are delicate snowflakes.

[madaboutharry]

5. The willful ignorance is painful to watch.

MSNBC just had a man interviewed in Wisconsin who said the only thing that could sway his vote for Trump would be if he cheated on his wife or lied.

Some people are just lost.

[Stallion]

6. The Silent Majority Would Have Won the Popular Vote in More than 1 of Last 7 Elections

shocking every time I see that

but it is an example that we can essentially send the Republican Party into extinction-its a very real possibility if they didn't have the 18th Century relic of the Electoral College

[SWBTATTReg]

7. I prefer to call us the 'silent majority' and the maggots / MAGAs the 'obnoxious minority'.

Describes them to a 'T'.

[zipplewrath]

8. 1/5th Tory, 1/5th patriot

It has been estimate that in the American revolution, the population was about 20% Loyalists, 20% wanted independence, and 60% really held no opinion. That 60% is roughly the only real silent majority. I suspect in many ways it is true about the current situation.

There are the 20 - 30% on each side that pay attention, and there is a large portion of the population that pays little attention at all. Some occasionally wake up and vote for many reasons, but many do not. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that these people ultimately also decide many of our close elections. These low information voters are what drive candidates in close elections "towards the middle". It is why negative advertising works. It is why campaigns tend to advertise personality more, and positions less. Basically they have 30 seconds or so to affect these voters.

So we see ads about abortion, guns, god, medicare, and social security. But even more so we see ads about even more vague things like freedom, shining cities, leadership, change, hope, "taking back", and "MAGA".

[dlk]

9. There was a saying when this meme first became widely used

“The silent majority is neither”

[Proud liberal 80]

10. Exactly

That sums up my OP nicely!

[customerserviceguy]

11. The one I heard was

The Moral Majority is neither.

As for the so-called silent majority referred to in the OP, I would not think it applied to MAGA hat wearers, but might be more properly used to describe people who won't talk about it, but will vote for Trump this fall. Fox News is scaring the shit out of them.

[dlk]

12. Yes, to both