It’s pretty close to impossible to talk a Trump supporter out of their belief system at this point. That 30% is not who you go for. You go for the non-voters in your circles (“I’m not into politics”) and get them voting, and you go for the semi-political and get them organizing.
Everyone lean hard left on three. 1... 2...
You can fw the Trumpists next spring. Right now, organize and mobilize. People need to be ready to fight and march and shut things down. People who weren’t voting need to vote. One step left, everybody, all together.
There’s just always going to be 30% of people who are determinedly awful. You can maybe reach them eventually on some sort of specific issue or something, but right now? We gotta win! And not just electorally!
And we can do that MASSIVELY with 60%! (We’re going to assume that 30% are awful and 10% won’t be interested no matter how hard you try.) But 60% of people on board for major change? That’s huge! And we can actually do it! (Uh, we kind of have to.)
Some people are RTing this thread thinking I’m only talking about voting. I am extremely not. Voting is the base level of engagement that we need to drag the wholly apolitical into. Anyone who is already voting needs to be dragged up a rung from where they are. Organize!!
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