(July 22, 2024 at 10:23 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(July 22, 2024 at 9:04 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: I don't believe it will work. If there are people who still consider trump to be viable option and not merely think whether to vote at all then I doubt that increased coverage of his idiocy will sway them. I don't think that people who don't dismiss trump as a choice can be reached - if they did not turned away from him by now they won't do it at all. At least such is my view.
Yet in virtually every poll of registered, "likely" voters, there's 3-5% who say "undecided". Sure, it calls into question their judgement for my money, but they exist. And this election is about turnout. Every percentage point counts.
I do not question existence of undecided (though I suppose small percentage of said undecided is simply lying about their voting preference). If people are undecided at this point then I would say that they simply don't give a shit and thus increased coverage won't work because they base their decisions on random things; people who are undecided now will vote on trump or Harris cause of price of pork in Tajikistan, cause stars were in right/wrong alignment or maybe because they did not get to pet neighbours dog.
I don't think that more trump in media will bring disaster. I'm simply not convinced that it will bring new votes against him as his insanity has been in plain view for years.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Bakunin.
