GOP simple messaging spurred turnout: "Voters have busy lives, and they have lots of stuff going on...

[Demovictory9]

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“Voters have busy lives, and they have lots of stuff going on, and you don't want to start getting into the weeds and the nitty gritty of everything,” Schilling said. “You want to keep messages very basic and to the point, and this women's sports issue, it's a self-evident truth.”

Donald Haider-Markel, a political science professor at the University of Kansas who has studied the salience of gender issues among voters, said this fear campaign likely didn’t recruit new voters to the Republican cause, but instead mobilized a base that might otherwise have been more apathetic.

“Crime is terrible. The world is falling apart. Immigrants are flooding over the border. Oh, and you have this horrible threat of these trans people trying to play girls sports,” he said, characterizing the Republicans’ general message. “We know that's an effective tool for turnout.”

[dutch777]

1. And half the people are unreasoning morons....apparently.

[Demovictory9]

4. Lol..well there is that

[Docreed2003]

2. Fear, yes, but blatant lies as well

Crime is down, there is no immigrant horde flooding the border, and trans student athletes are as rare as hens teeth. Why stop at saying they played on fear? They played on fear using outright lies!

[Demovictory9]

3. We didnt respond back!!. GOP spent $200 million on trans add alone!!

Just running over and over again..

Did we not have snart enough people to come up with a reply add.. maybe pointing out that GOP was trying to distract from bigger issues

[oldsoftie]

10. Far more money was spent on the "taxpayer funded surgery" ads.

Running constantly during football games too
There was no response because a response would've probably brought backlash.

[newdayneeded]

11. Its already being proven that the

"Kamala is for they/them, trump is for you" Monday and Sunday night football ads are how her campaign went flat. Will we learn....I doubt it.

[oldsoftie]

9. Annnnd we'll see ya

Doesnt matter what the avg person thinks
This cost us. The lack of response to trumps nonstop ads on it hurt us. And why was there a lack of response? Fear

[Vinca]

6. Well, I guess they're going to be even busier with the extra job they'll need to survive the Trump economy.

I hear they're hiring at the orange groves. Minimum wage, no benefits, long hours, no overtime.

[dalton99a]

7. It's clear that voters don't want to hear about democracy or political correctnessti

[newdayneeded]

15. Whether we like it or not

They truly do have a mandate. I'm wishing you the best of luck for the next 4 years!

[travelingthrulife]

13. women's sports issue???

WTF is wrong with these morons?