2016 Postmortem

ibegurpard

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39. People don't vote rationally.

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 12:38 AM

Oct 2015

They make decisions with their animal brains and then try to rationalize it. Republicans have capitalized on this for years. We still try to throw logical arguments at people. We have to get to the root of the animal brain appeals and find counter arguments that appeal at the same level.

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Please ask me what my "best interests" are. [View all] Chitown Kev Oct 2015 OP

You want I should come over there? bravenak Oct 2015 #1

To DK? You can...in fact Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #3

Ok. I'll stay here. I'm sick in bed so I have all day. bravenak Oct 2015 #4

You don't get it? RobertEarl Oct 2015 #2

I gave advice. You were supposed to love me. bravenak Oct 2015 #5

Good points. And well articulated. aidbo Oct 2015 #6

Subjective. White people in the south would have benefitted mmonk Oct 2015 #7

hmmmm...maybe keeping black and brown folks from benefitting from Medicaid expansion Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #8

Nice try trying to link economic justice with resistance to economic justice. mmonk Oct 2015 #9

OK, why did many working-class Southern white voters Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #11

How does that relate to economic justice is the bigger question. mmonk Oct 2015 #13

You might want to tell that to Bernie Sanders Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #14

I think the premise of your argument is wrong. mmonk Oct 2015 #16

This is a derailment...but I'll respond like this Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #18

When was all this talk of economic sense and decency drowning out social issues because TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #31

and your point is? Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #32

That wasn't liberals, that was the same Turd Way folks and their apologists TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #35

I still don't get the point you are making Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #38

I'm not sure what the disconnect is. You seem to be implying that Social issues are being drowned ou TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #41

I'm not saying that at all Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #42

Not at all. No, not even a little bit. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #43

OK, people have principles and values Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #47

I don't consider them persuadable in any practicable way. The play is to break them. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #49

So if they disagree with you 100%... Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #50

It is seldom one thing, one issue can be worked around large chunks of ideology not so much. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #51

When did Carter push W.I.N.? Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #44

Carter was an inflation hawk to the point of taking Ford to task. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #45

Well, inflation was pretty bad back then Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #46

The problem is that sort of inflation was marketing to kill wages. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #48

A combination of two reasons jfern Oct 2015 #29

Truman, Johnson and McGovern Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #30

So you don't think that a good number sadoldgirl Oct 2015 #10

Maybe there are other "interests" or "values" that are more important to these voters Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #12

I don't get why that is such a difficult concept to grasp ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #17

Oops, I meant ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #20

No, and it's patronizing of us to keep insisting that Recursion Oct 2015 #22

Carson is leading because of Religious Conservative Voters who vote based on Common Faith , Anti gay JI7 Oct 2015 #37

The United States is FULL of people who have worked hard as hell to deny other people their rights Number23 Oct 2015 #21

That argument presumes that self-interest is inherently subjective sahel Oct 2015 #23

Nice post. Welcome to du. Vattel Oct 2015 #24

Sure we do...I have on many occasions Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #26

sometimes it's simply not having enough information to know Vattel Oct 2015 #27

Yes...and we're human beings Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #28

So then we do know what the primary self-interest Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #25

Last things first sahel Nov 2015 #53

in Kentucky they don't view it as Obamacare , in fact in polls they say they oppose it JI7 Oct 2015 #34

I can respect this position even though I think Bernie can win the GE. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #33

Remember, many blacks weren't even convinced that Obama could win a GE Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #36

Let me put this to you sahel Nov 2015 #54

People don't vote rationally. ibegurpard Oct 2015 #39

Bingo... Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #40

Big K&R nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #52