It's surprising to those of us who do have coherent political philosophies that there are lots of people out there who don't. That's one reason I wanted to highlight ideas from that article. It's got details like this:
According to polls conducted between 1987 and 1989, 20-25 percent of the public thinks too
little is being spent on welfare, and between 60-65 percent feels that too little is being
spent on assistance to the poor.
People seem very vulnerable to how questions (and issues) are presented. The Republicans have been consistently effective at framing the issues in such a way that their outcome is favored by the public. The Democrats need to get better at this.
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Re: As the dude in Dr. Zhivago says...
Date: 2004-09-19 09:29 am (UTC)People seem very vulnerable to how questions (and issues) are presented. The Republicans have been consistently effective at framing the issues in such a way that their outcome is favored by the public. The Democrats need to get better at this.
Stay tuned for Voter Behavior, part 2.