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2016 Postmortem

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

24. Reaserching policy takes effort on everyone's part.

Reply to lovemydog (Original post)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 05:29 PM

Nov 2016

It should be as easy as watching or reading a bit of news each week on one of the major networks. They no longer really report policy so more effort is needed from the consumer. We have to go online and other places in order to read about policy. Overall, that simply means fewer and fewer people are aware of our policy message. We have to work harder to get it to them. Our policies explain themselves well. We just need to get them regularly falling on more people's ears.

It's amazing how many people think Republican equals small government and Democrat means big government. That is a failure in getting the policy to the people and them taking the time to listen.

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I keep reading that democratic party policies are popular. [View all] lovemydog Nov 2016 OP

The Democratic platform was popular, but people weren't voting on some meaningless platform jfern Nov 2016 #1

Yeah, that may be as good an answer as I've heard. lovemydog Nov 2016 #2

Right, because they voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN? Cosmocat Nov 2016 #6

No one gives a shit about meaningless platforms they know the candidate will ignore jfern Nov 2016 #26

You aren't going to get good answers Txbluedog Nov 2016 #3

I think you're largely correct. lovemydog Nov 2016 #16

We keep losing elections because the right wing media machine... Initech Nov 2016 #4

C A N W E P L E A S E S T O P W I T H T H E A G G R I E V E D R U R A L F O L K S S H I T Cosmocat Nov 2016 #5

There is a lot of truth to this post hueymahl Nov 2016 #7

They hated the shit of Bill and only to a slightly lesser extent Obama, too Cosmocat Nov 2016 #13

Great post hueymahl Nov 2016 #22

I agree Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2016 #9

IDK Cosmocat Nov 2016 #11

Amen. (nt) Paladin Nov 2016 #17

Two things: Russia and Racism. Nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #8

If we had a PARLIAMENTARY system, issues would be at the forefront! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #10

Lazy and too much attention to the presidency treestar Nov 2016 #12

Yes, locally on up. lovemydog Nov 2016 #18

Gerrymandering and messaging budkin Nov 2016 #14

This mythology Nov 2016 #20

Gerrymandering is a problem because we gerrymandered ourselves Amishman Nov 2016 #21

Agreed. NT hueymahl Nov 2016 #23

I feel like "self righteous" comes out when people can't defend their positions- often bigotry. bettyellen Nov 2016 #15

Very good point. lovemydog Nov 2016 #19

Reaserching policy takes effort on everyone's part. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #24

Definitely. Democracy is messy and it requires lovemydog Nov 2016 #27

Okay, this is a very oversimplified interpretation. There is actually a very JCanete Nov 2016 #25