Military and minefield. I see what you did there Jay, well-played.
I do think it helps to persuade, again not those lost in MAGA/Putin/Trump/Orban-world, however the moderates/independents and lean left/lean right.
When I was Chair of a county Democratic party -one of the fastest growing segments of voter registration were voters who were "unaffiliated". They did not want to be part of the toxic arguments between the parties -they knew voting was important, and would decide on the basis of each race. I ran the county party differently -instead of the typical "rah rah -we're democrats" I brought speakers in to talk about key societal issues. It expanded the array of people who were interested in issues as opposed to just business as usual party politics. State and National dem organizations should consider an educational approach instead of "Mitch McConnell just sneezed!!! Sign my petition, send me money, and tell Mitch no more sneezing!"
I fully embrace the dem party platform -it's just the organization that seems to just cater to party leadership ego instead of what really needs to be done at the national, state, regional, and local level (in my less than humble opinion). I've talked ad-nauseum to state and national leadership, however they really seem to have a "not invented here, or by me -so it can't be of value". Even George Lakoff's work -which was tremendous in understanding political communications and framing -went unheeded (and likely lost John Kerry the Presidency as a result).
Military and minefield. I see what you did there Jay, well-played.
I do think it helps to persuade, again not those lost in MAGA/Putin/Trump/Orban-world, however the moderates/independents and lean left/lean right.
When I was Chair of a county Democratic party -one of the fastest growing segments of voter registration were voters who were "unaffiliated". They did not want to be part of the toxic arguments between the parties -they knew voting was important, and would decide on the basis of each race. I ran the county party differently -instead of the typical "rah rah -we're democrats" I brought speakers in to talk about key societal issues. It expanded the array of people who were interested in issues as opposed to just business as usual party politics. State and National dem organizations should consider an educational approach instead of "Mitch McConnell just sneezed!!! Sign my petition, send me money, and tell Mitch no more sneezing!"
I fully embrace the dem party platform -it's just the organization that seems to just cater to party leadership ego instead of what really needs to be done at the national, state, regional, and local level (in my less than humble opinion). I've talked ad-nauseum to state and national leadership, however they really seem to have a "not invented here, or by me -so it can't be of value". Even George Lakoff's work -which was tremendous in understanding political communications and framing -went unheeded (and likely lost John Kerry the Presidency as a result).