Re: 2nd Term Part IX - How Lame is my Duck
Except maybe there is no middle. I am more and more convinced that there are five sets of voters:
+ Motivated righties who vote on issues and vote in primaries
+ Unmotivated righties who vote on issues but only vote, if at all, in the general
+ Motivated lefties who vote on issues and vote in primaries
+ Unmotivated lefties who vote on issues but only vote, if at all, in the general
+ The Great Unwashed who only vote in the general and vote on the candidate's image
If that's the case, moving to the center for the general is bad politics. The successful play is to hold onto your extreme primary views to drive your unmotivated partisans to the polls (OHNOES! THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!! BENGHAZI!!!) but also speak in stentorian tones about holding fast to your, ahem, principles.
Originally posted by joecct
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+ Motivated righties who vote on issues and vote in primaries
+ Unmotivated righties who vote on issues but only vote, if at all, in the general
+ Motivated lefties who vote on issues and vote in primaries
+ Unmotivated lefties who vote on issues but only vote, if at all, in the general
+ The Great Unwashed who only vote in the general and vote on the candidate's image
If that's the case, moving to the center for the general is bad politics. The successful play is to hold onto your extreme primary views to drive your unmotivated partisans to the polls (OHNOES! THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!! BENGHAZI!!!) but also speak in stentorian tones about holding fast to your, ahem, principles.
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