To me, Beto had an excellent strategy for coming so close against Cruz (Reply #20)

In the discussion thread: How can we reach out to Trump voters? [View all]

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 01:11 PM

20. To me, Beto had an excellent strategy for coming so close against Cruz

He traveled all over and just listened to people. He never trashed them for being republican. He then tried to appeal to their sense of pride. For instance if they said they needed better schools, he would mention that TX ranked low in education, we can do better, right?

I would love to hear a reporter drill down to ask trump supporters what they don't like or what they want, beyond the overcharged rhetoric. Goal - a specific list of policies they want to see happen.

Someone said that they complained Obama would take their guns away, but in 8 years he didn't

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
How can we reach out to Trump voters? [View all]	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	OP
You can't (nt)	Mattgoetznolovefromm	Feb 2021	#1
Welcome to DU, and the conversation.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#3
I am going to call it	MOMFUDSKI	Feb 2021	#63
anti abortionists are racist at heart.	Claire Oh Nette	Feb 2021	#76
As a volunteer escort for Planned Parenthood	NoRethugFriends	Feb 2021	#94
With a ten foot pole	soothsayer	Feb 2021	#2
Agreed.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#5
I agree	Walleye	Feb 2021	#8
Yep	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Feb 2021	#61
They are now a cult.	NameAlreadyTaken	Feb 2021	#4
Here's how I did it. It was the easiest thing I ever did when I realized what they believe and value	Autumn	Feb 2021	#6
Now you're talking. Keep them away from the Dem party...	brush	Feb 2021	#71
Funny how whenever we talk about appealing to Black and Brown voters, we're shouted down with	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#81
You can but you need to	melm00se	Feb 2021	#7
Seriously?	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#10
You sure?	melm00se	Feb 2021	#45
We already picked off the sensible ones in the 2018 Blue wave.	brush	Feb 2021	#66
Yes, I'm sure	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#75
Those skittish animals attacked our capitol.	SlogginThroughIt	Feb 2021	#78
We don't	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#9
True, the reach should be policy based.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#16
There is no "reach" as far as I'm concerned	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#26
Yep. Every time we have extended our hand,	GoCubsGo	Feb 2021	#70
How about with a Sledgehammer?	maxrandb	Feb 2021	#11
Sledgehammer?	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#13
The answer is as you presented. Joe GOES BIG.	Irish_Dem	Feb 2021	#12
Agreed. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#14
You can't teach stupid new tricks!	imanamerican63	Feb 2021	#15
True, but actions that lead to progress will speak.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#18
This message was self-deleted by its author	brush	Feb 2021	#62
Correction: In office 6 days shy of 1 month. He's working hard...	brush	Feb 2021	#64
I would suggest using dimensional lumber.......	lastlib	Feb 2021	#17
So true and to the point.	brush	Feb 2021	#59
There are voters who voted for Obama and Trump	andym	Feb 2021	#19
Well argued. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#21
To me, Beto had an excellent strategy for coming so close against Cruz	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2021	#20
Yes, deep canvassing is one method we must use.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#23
Let it go. We already picked off the reachable ones in the 2018 Blue wave.	brush	Feb 2021	#55
What do you think they want? Guess any of them? Cuz I agree	Laura PourMeADrink	Feb 2021	#67
We can't reach out to them	calguy	Feb 2021	#22
This!	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#30
So ture.	brush	Feb 2021	#53
Free university or technical college for their kids and lower Medicare age to 60 and increase	LaMouffette	Feb 2021	#24
Excellent additions.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#25
Those are Democratic policies which help the 99%, which includes...	brush	Feb 2021	#52
"They'll surely take the benefits"	llmart	Feb 2021	#69
Agreed. Same here.	brush	Feb 2021	#72
I suspect you are right about them still voting Republican. It's very hard to fight party loyalty.	LaMouffette	Feb 2021	#93
Ever see the movie Malcolm X	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#27
Some do, but not all.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#28
With all due respect, bullshit	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#32
Well said. Such a strategy greatly risks alienating Black and POC voters...	brush	Feb 2021	#43
If Trumpism isn't a cult, it's a religion to his supporters.	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#44
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#34
Yes. For some reason they fear	Mr.Bill	Feb 2021	#88
I value	llashram	Feb 2021	#29
I won't. They don't deserve any outreach.	Ferrets are Cool	Feb 2021	#31
They deserve ridicule and scorn.	roamer65	Feb 2021	#33
Trump was not a transformative figure...	Moostache	Feb 2021	#35
Thank you. So well said.	brush	Feb 2021	#42
We might disagree on the percentages.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#47
Reach out with what? Facts? Reality? Truth? Ideas? Words? History?	hatrack	Feb 2021	#36
We already picked off in 2018 most of the sensible trump voters.	brush	Feb 2021	#37
+	Clearly fogged in	Feb 2021	#92
I really don't think we can reach "Trump voters" who are raging hypocrites. And we can try to	CTyankee	Feb 2021	#38
Agreed. And those are exactly the ones that we might reach.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#49
I grew up in segregated Dallas, Texas. Went to segregated schools.	CTyankee	Feb 2021	#56
You can reach some people who voted for Trump by fixing the economy.	Poiuyt	Feb 2021	#39
100% agreed. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#50
Republicans, stay away from me.	EndlessWire	Feb 2021	#40
Pitchforks?	KatyMan	Feb 2021	#41
"Reach out to Trump voters"? Really?	Bettie	Feb 2021	#46
The research indicates the primary source of anxiety	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#48
Demonstrating the difficulty.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#51
LGTBQ people and POC had no or virtually no power in the thirties and forties.	DemocratSinceBirth	Feb 2021	#54
I agree, we should go big. Let our actions speak for us.	JudyM	Feb 2021	#57
Not a GD thing	GOPistheEnemy	Feb 2021	#58
I'm writing a booklet	Mersky	Feb 2021	#60
Funny, and well written. eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#82
We govern well	Sympthsical	Feb 2021	#65
They think HRC ate babies.	LizBeth	Feb 2021	#68
I have a Brother in Law who is a biker, 2nd amendment is everything type	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#73
Yeah, I know similar such people	Mersky	Feb 2021	#74
Yes, those and non voters	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#79
That is truly sad.	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#83
I think people who are culturally intrenched like that are unreachable politically	ismnotwasm	Feb 2021	#89
Witha fist and a right hook?	SlogginThroughIt	Feb 2021	#77
We need to bring back the part of the past where we got things done.	gulliver	Feb 2021	#80
One part of the problem is "the Hastert rule".	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#84
Psychotropic drugs? Until they emerge from fantasyland, they're lost forever.	Vinca	Feb 2021	#85
If they are too stupid to understand what a disaster Trump was	Mr.Bill	Feb 2021	#86
Domesticated turkeys, looking up at the rain? eom	guillaumeb	Feb 2021	#87
We could agree to become racists. Racism explains most of them. n/t.	NNadir	Feb 2021	#90
A fist	Ani Yun Wiya	Feb 2021	#91

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