I actually thought Beto’s wooing of college students gave him the majority of support he received.
If it were up to me I’d take away women’s right to vote. Most of my female friends can’t make rational decisions and instead vote on their ‘feelings’ even when the facts tell them that their feelings are misguided.
Yes, that means I’d give up my own right to vote in order to make America safe and prosperous for my children.
The vast majority of young, unmarried, and/or single mothers are ...
No.
The GOP has a massive branding/image problem that goes way, way beyond “diversity” or running “black/Hispanic/women” candidates.
It took me a while to get this, but in essence, the GOP’s marketing approach is about 30 years behind.
Successful products, such as Nike (whatever your thoughts are about Nike) have invested in long term campaigns that appeal to the heart and emotion (”Just Do It”= success, overcoming, confidence, achievement). This is just one example.
Name the GOP’s “product.” You can’t. They don’t have one.
Trump does, to a point: “Make America Great Again.” But what does that really mean? It’s assumed it stands for a bunch of principles and programs. NO.
MAGA is a FEELING, a slogan that appeals to the heart and emotion that says “A great America is a good America.”
That’s wonderful as far as it goes, but “in general,” this is NOT reaching those under 50 the way it should. Why?
Nothing wrong with the slogan, but Rs have NOT explained in EMOTIONAL ways that grab the heart how a “great” America benefits Bill Smith the IT guy who doesn’t have health care or Suzy Jones, the single mother.
A “growing economy” and “money in your pocket” are NOT enough for the 21st century, because Millennials and those younger need to feel relevant, important. You must go further with MAGA to touch them by showing how money in their pocket allows them free time to serve at the soup kitchen, or to work less to clean up their local park or whatever.
MONEY and the economy has been treated by the GOP as an end of itself. The Dems figured out how to make “heart” appeals with nothing whatsoever to back it up-—but it is good for getting votes.
This is why the “We have a great economy” doesn’t win elections. Call it dumbing down, but ultimately it’s up to the Party and the Candidates to MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
Why do Tester and Manchin win? I don’t know either, but I’m guessing it’s 100% because they have made that “Clinton connection” that makes people feel special (it doesn’t matter if you think it’s dishonest, it’s what the people think). It’s the ONLY answer for these two douchenozzles.
Now, you have to throw out Zero. He was sui generis. There will never be another Obama because there can only be one “first black president.” No policy issues mattered because it was a “heart” statement that Americans could clean their conscience by voting for the black president. That only works once, and it is telling that Obama NEVER COULD TRANSLATE HIS OWN SUCCESS TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE PARTY.
I think there is a lot more to say on this, but if we continue to blame fraud, voting machines, public schools, or whatever-—even if some is true-—we will lose elections because so far the 21st century is all about the heart.
The Republican party will now have to pony up for paid door knockers like the left is doing. We lost one seat (Karen Handle) on the north side because of the endless paid Abrams door knockers carried the Democrat over the line with her coat tails, even though Abrams lost. Similar stuff happened with lost seats in Texas. The left out spent us by a long shot. It didn't get them Beto, the Senate or the Georgia governorship, but it got them a LOT of house seats. 2020 is war.
I’ve never known one woman who voted based on a man’s looks.
Who are these women who do that? No one I’ve ever met.
I always thought raging genitals caused men to vote for idiots like Sinema in Arizona but now it appears women are just as bad when it comes to morons like “Beto”. People need to stop voting with their gonads.
Several counties, in Texas, have turned blue, since the 2012 election.
Fort Bend county, once a very reliable RED county, went for ILLary, in 2016.
They just lost their long time Repub County Judge and many other (Judge, District Clerk, etc) positions, to Dims. Only Rs that were safe were the ones unopposed, or not up for re-election, THIS year. (2016 was their wake up call, and they didn’t answer that call.)
Tarrant County (Fort Worth area) just turned blue, for the first time in DECADES.
It’s the influx of immigrants....legal and illegal....and transplants from CA and IL. The CA’s come for jobs, the IL come for welfare. Both bring their lib value systems with them.
Not to mention that the RNC/GOP in Texas and in Ft Bend County (I have no idea about Tarrant) did a horrible job of getting any messages out, or boots on the ground. Again, at least what we’ve seen in our area. (Far west of Houston area). And, Cruz ran a poor campaign. No sign of him, until the last month and when Trump rallied for him, in Houston. Didn’t he have ANY successes or track record to tout?
They sit home and watch the View and Oprah and all those other liberal moron women.
Works both ways. Plenty of freepers are ready to vote for Palin, Pirro etc for any position(no pun intended). Qualification? Babe!