How Does Trump Stack UP To Other Presidents?

APACHERAT · Mar 23, 2019

FreshAir said: ↑

nope, Trump won that too, tired of winning yet....
Click to expand...

I'm betting you never looked at California ?
2/3 of voters voted for Prop 57 where raping an unconscious woman is not to be a violent felony or assault and battery is tobe a violent crime.

Then there was Prop 47. Releasing convicted criminals onto the streets was making our neighborhoods safer so said the liberals in California. The low information voters believed it.

Or you didn't read the exit polling of voters on election day back in November of 2008.

What Are Low-Information Voters?

You've studied the issues and candidates for weeks, maybe even months or years. You know who believes what and why. Congratulations, your vote is very likely going to be canceled out by a low-information voter who has probably put very little effort into this all. If you are lucky, that voter will complement your vote. But with the press and mass entertainment industry against what you believe in, are you feeling lucky?

The beloved "low-information voters," as they are called, became a popular term for conservative activists following the 2008 election of Barack Obama. It popped up frequently during the 2012 election between Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. While the phrase is often used jokingly, it is also a serious description of a very large group of people. It's probably the dominant type of voter in reality. But that is the world we live in. While the term might be viewed as being insulting to some voters, the reality is this segment poses a credible problem for Republican politicians.

Who Are the Low Information Voters?
The oft-talked about low-information voters are those people who have little interest in or understanding of political affairs, rarely watch the news, and can't name major political figures or national events and still make voting decisions on this limited knowledge basis. Low information voters can definitely be both Republican and Democratic voters, but Democratic "outreach" to these voters hit new heights in 2008. Typically, these are not highly-likely voters. Targeting these people in both 2008 led to a handsome victory for Obama in 2008. In 2007, the Pew Research Center found that among the voting age public, 31% didn't know that Dick Cheney was Vice-President and 34% couldn't name the Governor of their own state. Roughly 4 in 5 couldn't name the Secretary of Defense, and more than half didn't know that Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House, while only 15% knew who Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was. Now, not all of these people are voters. But they are the people who would be heavily tapped into in coming elections.

a poll of Obama voters immediately after they voted. The results were not impressive. While Obama voters overwhelmingly knew frivolous information about Sarah Palin such as the RNC's $150,000 wardrobe expenditures and about her daughters, they knew very little about Obama. By more than 2-1 they attributed an Obama quote about coal and energy prices to McCain, while most were unaware of the comment at all, despite it being a heavily debated topic during the campaign. A second poll by Wilson Research Strategies found similar results. McCain voters were overwhelmingly more likely to have greater general knowledge on most questions, the only questions Obama voters scored high on were frivolous, such as knowing that McCain "couldn't say" how many houses he owned. Obama voters also "outscored" McCain voters in the question about which candidate said they could "see Russia from my house." (84% of Obama voters chose Palin, although it was a Tina Fey skit on Saturday Night Live...

little interest in or understanding of political affairs, rarely watch the news, and can't name major political figures or national events and still make voting decisions on this limited knowledge basis. Low information voters can definitely be both Republican and Democratic voters, but Democratic "outreach" to these voters hit new heights in 2008. Typically, these are not highly-likely voters. Targeting these people in both 2008 led to a handsome victory for Obama in 2008. In 2007, the Pew Research Center found that among the voting age public, 31% didn't know that Dick Cheney was Vice-President and 34% couldn't name the Governor of their own state. Roughly 4 in 5 couldn't name the Secretary of Defense, and more than half didn't know that Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House, while only 15% knew who Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was. Now, not all of these people are voters. But they are the people who would be heavily tapped into in coming elections.

continue -> https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-low-information-voters-3303622
Click to expand...

Progressives prey on low-information voters

During a stump speech in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt told a hungry crowd of people lobbying for more government assistance, “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” And they succeeded in electing him four times, yet never bothered to find out where their federal gifts were coming from. This resulted in the longest economic downturn in the history of our country. That’s why it’s called "The Great Depression." Not only was our economy “depressed” but so were our citizens. Lacking opportunity, living from hand to mouth on government handouts deflates one’s ego....

Low-information voters follow the lead of progressives like puppy dogs. They feed off of the empty promises of politicians like piranhas on fresh meat. This is especially true for the unemployed and under-employed dependents on state and federal aide programs. To them, tax cuts that stimulate private sector investment to create jobs are a foreign concept. Taxing the rich is "just punishment" for making more money than them. In a recent Harris poll, only 12 percent of the electorate named taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation last presidential election. Voters put tax cuts last, behind education, Social Security, healthcare, Medicare, and Medicaid....
continue-> https://www.watchdog.org/national/o...cle_d38095e4-8e72-11e8-a356-2bd3e6caa7c7.html
Click to expand...

Log in or Sign up

How Does Trump Stack UP To Other Presidents?

APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

Share This Page

Log in or Sign up

How Does Trump Stack UP To Other Presidents?

APACHERAT Well-Known Member Past Donor

Share This Page

Useful Searches