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Originally Posted by New Era
They made some great points on messaging and targeting populations. That is exactly how Arizona was turned. Targeted messaging that reached communities that could turn the state. I can see why Trump did so well in Florida now as I did not know they had their own media system within the Cuban community. Trump knows how to use the media to his advantage so that all makes sense. Give credit where credit is due, if you can get free coverage without spending much money, you're ahead of the game. Trump has been great at this his whole life thanks to the mentoring he got from Roy Cohen.
The Democrats will have to do a lot of soul searching after this. That is not news. They really need to improve their messaging and they need to target it better. But we have been saying this for years and they still suck, because they appeal to a larger tent with many more messages to manage. They need to get better at counterpunching and making the Republicans chase them for a change.
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I do hope this is the last election where that they spend chasing the mythical moderate Republican vote. Early returns are showing that Kasich crowd actually went higher for Trump this time than last time. The culture war stuff on the Republican side of the aisle is just too strong and they're way too hive-minded to ever switch their votes.
The Democrats need to stop being so afraid to play their hits because they're going to lose moderates (or more likely, their lobbyists and corporate donors don't want them to). Health care, better wages, and green energy initiatives are popular with the majority of Americans (upwards of 65%) in some cases. Obviously you want to drill down to the state levels on some of those so that numbers aren't skewed by NY and California.