We’re making a mistake constantly yelling around about “authoritarianism.”
Voters in the middle don’t know what that means, don’t believe it, and don’t care.
They hate incompetence, extremism, and embarrassments.
High minded words like “authoritarianism” just bounce off them.
Voters in the middle don’t know what that means, don’t believe it, and don’t care.
They hate incompetence, extremism, and embarrassments.
High minded words like “authoritarianism” just bounce off them.
Even if you try to explain to voters in the middle what “authoritarianism” is, you won’t get anywhere. They won’t buy it. It’s like when conservatives thought they could win in 2012 by painting Obama as a “dictator.” Voters in the middle just laugh at “other side is evil” claims.
Besides, once you get bogged down in having to define terms, you’ve already lost the argument. Liberals make this mistake over and over again, fighting dictionary battles that don’t actually sway anyone.
Trump lost badly l in 2020 because voters in the middle decided he was an embarrassing inept jackass who screwed up everything he touched. Not because they thought he was some all powerful “authoritarian” figure. Voters in the middle like winners. They decided Trump was a loser.
Republicans are doing everything they can to hand us victory in 2022. They’re married to Trump; voters in the middle hate him. Their new faces are embarrassments like Boebert and Geene, and an alleged child rapist in Gaetz.
Instead of using this, we just yell “authoritarianism!”
Instead of using this, we just yell “authoritarianism!”
The problem is that 95% of liberal pundits are only trying to make themselves look judicious, rather than trying to help their side win. So they push high minded but useless concepts like “authoritarianism” when they should be saying “look at these clueless Republican clowns!”
It’s on YOU to tune out these useless liberal pundits. It’s on you to approach voters in the middle with the things that THEY care about, not what you think they should care about..
You won’t find one persuadable voter who gives a fuck about “authoritarianism.” Not one.
You won’t find one persuadable voter who gives a fuck about “authoritarianism.” Not one.
So do you want to win the dictionary, or do you want to win the midterms? Because you can’t do both. If you want to win the midterms, put your vocabulary away, and focus on the GOP being the party of Trump, Boebert, Greene, and Gaetz. THAT is how you get votes for the Democrats.
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