Any *good* psychologists here? How do we deal with voters' "feelings"? [View all]
The US economy is the best in the world right now: here and here.
It is, in fact, better off than almost anywhere else in the world by orders of magnitude. This is despite China's economy turning to shit, Europe's economy falling way behind, and severe political division here in the US. Joe's policies were central to this.
But we still have respondents to polls saying they don't "feel" the health of the economy is helping them. They point mostly to inflation and the cost of housing - whether those affect them or not.
More than 50% of inflation has been proven on paper to have been caused by corporate price gouging. And the high cost of housing is being driven by pure market forces. Neither is driven by any Democratic policies, and both are too complex and under the control of corrupt actors for Democratic officeholders to "fix" in any reasonable amount of time. Other than that, there's no bad news.
I'd bet it's only a small slice of people who aren't being helped by this economic success, yet this "feeling" is driving enough voters to Trump that the election is a tossup at this stage.
My question is - what communication strategy or even psyop can be used to get these voters to view the truth of the matter in proper context? Merely stating the truth from the podium or in op-eds or in books isn't working.
Jon Stewart said that telling people the truth won't win. You've got to tell a better story.
Psych guys and gals - what is that better story? Who can develop it for us - to include not only the words, but the delivery? Who can write the talking points for us that'll make people hit their foreheads with the heel of their hand and say "of course"?
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