The long form position statements are important to high information voters. Always have been. But a lot of people are swayed more by rapid-fire punches and meme content that doesn’t ask or require a lot of thought. I think that’s the only reason Trump was ever in any races, because he can generate those day In and day out. He’s a rabid narcissist attack dog. But people love to see him throw haymaker after haymaker. In the 2016 gop candidate debates he was behind most of the race. But he’d take one of the top opponents and hammer on them and knock them out of the race, one by one, until he was the only viable candidate left. That’s how he wins.
That’s why I think Harris, as a prosecutor, able to stand in that ring with him and punch him back, will be able to win this fight.
Why is boxing such a natural analogy for this? I never even liked it.
The long form position statements are important to high information voters. Always have been. But a lot of people are swayed more by rapid-fire punches and meme content that doesn’t ask or require a lot of thought. I think that’s the only reason Trump was ever in any races, because he can generate those day In and day out. He’s a rabid narcissist attack dog. But people love to see him throw haymaker after haymaker. In the 2016 gop candidate debates he was behind most of the race. But he’d take one of the top opponents and hammer on them and knock them out of the race, one by one, until he was the only viable candidate left. That’s how he wins.
That’s why I think Harris, as a prosecutor, able to stand in that ring with him and punch him back, will be able to win this fight.
Why is boxing such a natural analogy for this? I never even liked it.