Elizabeth Warren shakes up campaign style ...

[left-of-center2012]

As she slips in state and national polls, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shaking up her campaign style in Iowa — a move that paves the way for more candid, sometimes personal events.

Instead of a 45-minute stump speech followed by three audience questions, Warren is speaking for fewer than 10 minutes and opening the rest of the hour to questions. The new format gets in at least a dozen audience questions, allowing for more crowd interaction than previous events in her nearly yearlong campaign in Iowa.

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The new format was introduced on Dec. 1 in Marion, Iowa — the second trip after her drop in the Iowa Poll. Her campaign team sees the switch as a chance to get more candid with caucusgoers and a way to shake things up in places she's visited before, in front of people who may have already seen her.

Regardless of what's asked of her, Warren is able to highlight her capstone issues. She still gets a chance to speak on her policy positions, like "Medicare for All," immigration, gun reform, climate change and fighting corruption.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/27/election-2020-elizabeth-warren-campaign-style-changes-as-polls-slip/2755218001/

[elleng]

1. 'The new format was introduced on Dec. 1 in Marion, Iowa

— the second trip after her drop in the Iowa Poll.'

[left-of-center2012]

2. Yep

That's stated in the OP.

[elleng]

3. I reposted it to emphasize when this occurred.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Sounds like a smart move - how many other candidates are taking questions at each appearance?

Maybe Pete, maybe Amy, but I don't think Joe or Bernie are taking questions, except perhaps at specific events structured like "town halls". (And the last I heard, that wasn't working out too well for Joe)

[comradebillyboy]

5. Can Warren get her mojo back? Attacking her opponents for perfectly

legal and transparent fundraising isn't going to do it for her.

She did a lot better when she talked about how she worked her way up from a school teacher struggling with real middle class problems to a very successful law career, and to the US Senate. People like stories about significant personal and professional accomplishments.

[Mike Nelson]

6. This sounds, to me, like a...

... great change of pace. Also, it will give her a chance to relay ideas that match voters' concerns. Her health care plan brought her down, I think; this can clarify.

[Lexee]

7. Hey Democrats, even Biden supporters, we want Warren to get back in the race taking

Sanders votes. He is 80, ill, and a poor hiring record. I do not want him in contention. I prefer Warren. I did prefer Harris, I do not mind Klobachur getting up there, or Yang or Buttigieg. But I do think we need to be wanting Warren to pick up some stream here.