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Blue_true

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24. What I am saying is that you have to use language that people understand.

Fri Dec 15, 2017, 02:44 PM

Dec 2017

It has nothing to do with dumbing down, it has more to do with using words and phrases that people are struggling to keep up with and as a consequence, tune out the speaker of big words.

I remember my days in Engineering College. The professors who I remember most and appreciate most are the ones that took complex material and broke it down so that young minds could grasp the details of the material, those professors also got their class sessions filled before students signed up for the sessions of other professors. I have had a long engineering career and one key thing that I learned is how to talk to the audience that I was speaking to, if I am speaking to Finance people that have money to invest in new ideas, I craft a message that they can understand, if I fail in that I am out of luck.

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Democrats: Give rural voters a reason to trust and support the party [View all] Vidal Dec 2017 OP

Is this another 'we need to reach out to the angry trump voter' lectures Fullduplexxx Dec 2017 #1

I would have no problem reaching out but they don't want to reach out to us, they don't Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #3

Not really. The rural poor have logical reasons to vote for us. moriah Dec 2017 #12

Rural areas need liberal radio and better internet services. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #21

The best way to put it is "a little bit is better than nothing." Willie Pep Dec 2017 #32

I did not get that from what the Senator wrote. Blue_true Dec 2017 #14

I heard john fugelsang say the same thing he said Democrats always use big words Fullduplexxx Dec 2017 #18

Exactly Butterflylady Dec 2017 #26

Are you saying that Democratic voters are better educated than Republican ones? Sophia4 Dec 2017 #22

What I am saying is that you have to use language that people understand. Blue_true Dec 2017 #24

I'm retired. I pretty much wrote for a living (not by my choice). Sophia4 Dec 2017 #27

Colbert comment on Trump's erudition NobodyInParticular Dec 2017 #31

I have two published novels, I have written hundreds of engineering reports. Blue_true Dec 2017 #35

Communication is a two-way street. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #36

Trump is a moron. Blue_true Dec 2017 #40

In my experience, it is best to personally meet and talk voters like the waitress you describe Sophia4 Dec 2017 #41

Let me try again, I was snappy on the last response. Blue_true Dec 2017 #38

Clarity is the key. Defining words that may be misunderstood by the audience Sophia4 Dec 2017 #39

I hate the elitism 'brand'...it's so not true...most of us are working slobs. n/t Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #2

And who is this guy kidding the Republicans are the most elitist group in the bunch and these rural Fullduplexxx Dec 2017 #5

Don't care about Jspur Dec 2017 #4

Look around...it's already happening... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #6

What a waste of time... tenderfoot Dec 2017 #7

To Hell with that. And to Hell with them. Aristus Dec 2017 #8

Democrats have always given rural voters reasons to vote blue. Rural voters simply rejected them. LonePirate Dec 2017 #9

Got it in one gratuitous Dec 2017 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author moriah Dec 2017 #10

more assistance for people who hate it when other people get assistance lol. coal subsidy, farm msongs Dec 2017 #11

I think rural voters are butt-hurt because reality does not live up to the nationalist hype. DetlefK Dec 2017 #13

Rural voters, that is, voters in less populated states, pick the president. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #23

If I find that haystack needle reasonable rural conservative out there, then fine. HughBeaumont Dec 2017 #15

If one were to read Charles Pierce's eyewitness account of Moore's election eve rally one would Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #20

"Rural voters are our base." Garrett78 Dec 2017 #17

We've been giving these rural voters GREAT reasons to trust & support Dems.They don't want to listen kydo Dec 2017 #19

What do Repugs do to "Give rural voters a reason to trust and support the party"? SharonClark Dec 2017 #25

They hate the same people NT Adrahil Dec 2017 #37

Question NCDem777 Dec 2017 #28

You can talk all you want . . . hatrack Dec 2017 #29

Great stuff, thanks for posting! MiltonBrown Dec 2017 #30

I have relatives who live in rural Louisiana and they are hardcore liberal Democrats. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #34

They already have that treestar Dec 2017 #33

I've got no problem giving them a reason to vote Dem Bradical79 Dec 2017 #42

Link for full article w/ background, added information and worth reading. appalachiablue Dec 2017 #43

Rurals will react to a bullshitter white male who partially deflects their fear Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #44