Democratic Primaries

Awsi Dooger

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7. Negativity is not an attractant

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 02:33 PM

Apr 2019

I could post that 1000 times and it would not be sufficient. Vote Him Out is in incomparably inept slogan. That type of thing works in midterms and people somehow don't adjust to presidential cycles, when apolitical types show up.

We are not going to defeat Donald Trump by ranting about how bad and evil he is. An incumbent can sit back and point to one thing after another that supposedly improved during his term. Not all of them will be invention. Often the incumbent simply inherits an economy about to take off. People who are comfortable with their daily lives give credit to the incumbent, even if reluctantly, and you have to really give them a special option to shift them away from that incumbent.

Trump won with 46% of the popular vote. Given our electoral disadvantage we need closer to 50%. That is the devastating difference, and the reason negativity is fools gold. If we run another negative campaign we'll be stuck at 48% again.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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If Democratic Voters Have Any Sense, Any Democratic Nominee Should Beat Trump [View all] MineralMan Apr 2019 OP

Moderate is the key word fatrick Apr 2019 #1

We had hoped for that in 2016 and many who knew better still let trump win beachbum bob Apr 2019 #2

Yes. We needn't do that again, if we have any sense at all. MineralMan Apr 2019 #3

LOL, sigh. If Dem voters had any sense, Trump would've been sent packing in 2016. MH1 Apr 2019 #4

Btw, did you hear the joke about Social Security and Medicare Hortensis Apr 2019 #5

Yes. Another excellent reason to band together and throw the MineralMan Apr 2019 #6

Negativity is not an attractant Awsi Dooger Apr 2019 #7