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In reply to the discussion: O'Malley: 'The Presidency of the U.S. Is Not Some Crown to Be Passed Between Two Families' [View all]MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I wish everyone would. They don't. Since I'm involved in canvassing and other election activism, I see it all the time. I'm not able to convince people to dig deeply into candidates' positions. The best I can do is find out what issues an individual cares about and help them understand the candidate's position on that issue.
DU can't really change the sound-bite world, or its influence on the vast majority of voters. We can't. It's that simple. DU has many a couple thousand active readers of the site, and far fewer active posters. That's it. It's an interesting place to discuss politics, but useless in terms of influencing elections.
Sound-bites influence voters. Candidates should make their sound-bites count. So few people care about this "coronation" thing that it's not a useful issue in any way, in the larger picture.