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In reply to the discussion: Democrats need to understand the rural voter [View all]RobinA
(9,888 posts)on the national stage mention that Repubs are always after SS and Medicare? Was Trump's stop of payroll deductions going to SS ever mentioned? Kids won't vote that issue because they think SS won't be around for them. My response is, No not if you keep not voting. All these people whining that they don't vote because, "No one reached out to me." Do you live in the US? Then nobody needs to reach out, you and your loved ones will be affected. Get a vision wider than your phone!
The Democrats do a bad job of putting the facts on the table while Repubs do a GREAT job of playing on emotion. They want to defund the police! Joe is a socialist!. If I heard one person say it I heard 10, "I don't like Trump, but Biden is too socialist for me." "Trump just cares more about people like me." They don't even realize they make no sense. They like Trump because he will help them and they don't like Biden because he will help them???? Does any Dem get up there and say, "We have done this, this and this, and we would like to do this [naming things that would help]. They have done this and this [naming stuff that hurts]." I haven't heard it. Debates are a great time to get the message out, but on both sides they are a bunch of commit-to-nothing weasel words. Granted, the questions are often not geared towards eliciting good information, but any half decent politician should be able handle a question and then say what he/she wants to talk about.