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In reply to the discussion: This is, more or less, what we're up against: [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)129. And I was talking about your list, which sounds like Al Gore or John Kerry talking
Too complicated, no emotional appeal at all.
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24%-so if you convince a small fraction of Democratic voters to come out and vote for a progressive
Chathamization
Mar 2014
#71
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS is the issue that propelled Wendy Davis into the white-hot
bullwinkle428
Mar 2014
#96
And I was talking about your list, which sounds like Al Gore or John Kerry talking
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2014
#129
Yes, I worked on the local Kucinich campaign in 2004, and when the time came to GOTV for Kerry
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2014
#120
My experience is similar but w/o the cold. It's always the left that shows up
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#123
it doesn't help that Obama will not be on the Ballot this time around as he is the reason
JI7
Mar 2014
#16
DEMS stay home cuz they've been stabbed in the back too many times by the people they sent to DC.
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2014
#18
My theory is that the GOP voter is easily riled and that's what the think tanks know.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2014
#28
it's easy when it's the other party that has the white house, in this case a black Pres
JI7
Mar 2014
#29
Not on the West Coast. Voting is easy here, not a single line in the State, no 'challenge' to
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#54
Low turn out is a regional issue that could be solved, but it is easier to whine than make
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#55
I'm so tired of this BS. If the Dems would push popular policy positions, we'd win hands down.
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#81
I mostly agree... However there is a segment of the US that doesn't vote
SomethingFishy
Mar 2014
#85
It is way easier to whine about voter apathy than actually do anything to earn votes.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#91
You're right. The popular kids are the ones who give their freinds value, not the ones who try to
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#97
Well part of the reason is that R's fire up their base while Dems neglect theirs.
cui bono
Mar 2014
#105