DNC: All we need to know about the state of today’s Republican Party

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response from DNC spokesperson Ian Sams on Rand Paul’s win in the CPAC straw poll:

“You know what tells us all we need to know about the state of today’s Republican Party? The self-appointed GOP ‘outreach candidate’ won a poll where respondents said these positions were deal breakers: expanding Medicaid and supporting comprehensive immigration reform or a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions or even marriage equality. Rand Paul checks the extreme boxes on each of these issues and more, and CPAC showed just how far the GOP’s crop of presidential hopefuls continue to go to isolate voters while appealing to the far right base.”

http://factivists.democrats.org/dnc-response-to-cpac-straw-poll/

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That must be why we have overwhelming majorities in both houses.

The DNC are such a bunch of geniuses, really got their finger on the pulse of the public.

[MFrohike]

2. Cold as ice

The finger's definitely somewhere.

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3. they got this right

...

[libdem4life]

4. Boggles the mind...but then Populism fails because even though a majority of people are

in need of these services, they don't seem to get the message and vote. This underclass layer are perhaps too burdened with daily needs and just don't get it? Can't take time off work? Turned off by a system they think they have no power over?

Just asking questions.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Subjected to intense, carefully structured messaging

that creates gut-level emotional reactions which in turn serve as the basis for voting decisions.

The first principle of political psychology is that people do not make their minds up on political matters based on rationality and reason; instead, they act based on their instant "gut feelings," so the purpose of political advertising is actually not to transmit information, but to create "warm-fuzzy" associations with their candidate, while pairing yours with stimuli that evoke revulsion.

If you want to follow up on this, permit me suggest to suggest Kahnemann's Thinking: Fast and Slow, and Drew Westen's Political Psychology.

[libdem4life]

7. It sounds so depressing, but probably will because the human animal is so darned fascinating.

Especially the political human animal. Ultimately, knowledge is power...I think? Thanks for the referrals.

[Aerows]

6. If you want to be better than your enemies

You must first address the ones in your own house.

[cantbeserious]

8. Money, Manipulation And Mind Control - All Too Easy For Low Information Voters

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