The Way Forward
In reply to the discussion: Looking at today's Fox News poll [View all]Bluetus
(3,004 posts)to make it real for people. Make the issues emotional, visceral. Make the policies connect to things people DO experience. And if we can't connect a particular policy to something people care about, then move on to other policies.
Abortion is the perfect example. Half the population can never experience an abortion, and 80% who are physically capable of pregnancy don't expect to find themselves in the position of needing an abortion. We can all feel strongly about making sure this is included in our health care policies, but as a campaign issue, it kinda sucks because of those numbers.
Whereas only about 10% have a really likely possibility of abortion, 100% of the country is suffering the consequences of the vast shift of wealth from the middle class to the tiny group of mega-billionaires. A very high percentage of the workforce is finding their value reduced by the uncontrolled excesses of AI, and so on. We need to go where the numbers are.