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8. The GOP gets people to vote based on their emotions.

Reply to City Lights (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:47 PM

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Fox News, hate radio, internet sites, podcasters, influencers... they get people riled up and emotional: mostly anger and fear.

People stoked on anger and fear don't use logic to make decisions. They lash out. They go in the voting booth and gloat that their vote for Trump will make other people unhappy. The people they've been told to resent and fear.

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