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goobster  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: UNLESS THE DEMOCRATS RUN SANDERS, A TRUMP NOMINATION MEANS A TRUMP PRESIDENCY

Every election is a few points off of 50/50. Nobody gets a "mandate" any more.

So the driving is done by those who give a shit and show up to caucus.

Then the PACs use their money to influence the media we proles are exposed to every day, and make a certain outcome seem "inevitable", so we'll just sheeple along with their message and vote the way they want us to.

It's the 3% of undecideds that sway every election.

But... when do they Decide? And how can we influence them?

I think that answer is "Big Media Buys", but only in the three states that ever matter. Which includes Florida. Which means we are all fucked.





snoodog  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think sanders and trump have actually been a good indicator about how ineffective media buys are. Clinton has has ad buy effectiveness roughly equivalent of GW Bush so its mostly just pissing money away.

goobster  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good point. I should differentiate between "media buys" and "media stunts that get coverage on the news."

Trump is good at #2.

Heh. Unintentional joke there. Heh heh.