More than a dozen members of the storied political family will endorse the president in Philadelphia, rejecting one of their own as he worries Democrats with an independent bid.
The thing is, a lot of the people voting for RFK are low information voters, and low information voters don’t pay attention to endorsements. They’re checked out.
My mother is planning to vote Republican this year because she “doesn’t pay attention to that political crap”
I keep telling her that she really needs to pay attention because she’s on disability, gets medical benefits from the government, food stamps, etc.
Yet she still refuses to get informed.
I’ve tried talking to her about politics, I’ve tried showing her what Republicans are doing, I’ve tried asking her what she’d do if her benefits went away, etc. all she does is get angry about trying to bring politics into a discussion.
At this point I’ve told her that if the worst should happen with Republicans getting their way and she loses her benefits I don’t plan to help her at all. She’ll be at the mercy of her own decisions. (Something her and my dad have said to my siblings and I a lot growing up.)
Edit: She votes Republican straight down the ballot every single election. And for positions where people don’t declare their political party she doesn’t vote for those positions because she, “Won’t trust a rat who won’t say who they are.”
She votes Republican straight down the ballot every single election. And for positions where people don’t declare their political party she doesn’t vote for those positions because she, “Won’t trust a rat who won’t say who they are.”
At this point I’ve told her that if the worst should happen with Republicans getting their way and she loses her benefits I don’t plan to help her at all. She’ll be at the mercy of her own decisions. (Something her and my dad have said to my siblings and I a lot growing up.)
You know, the thing they constantly say they’re going to do.
She doesn’t even consider it a possibility so me saying that I won’t help her if it happens is a non-thing.
And if you’re curious, her opinion on the repeal of abortion rights is also shitty. “I live in a state where I can get one so it’s not an issue.”
And when I mention that it’s a possibility that if Republicans gain power they’ll pass a national ban she again shoots it down as something that they wouldn’t do.
Sounds like she’s in denial. Does she also change the subject when losing an argument?
Anyways, I think you have better chances addressing her denialism than to argue any other political point. As long as someone won’t argue in good faith, all other arguements and debates become pointless diversions.
Yeah, but they’re not watching the political news and listening to anything the candidates, or their families are saying.
They just see “Trump, Biden, or Kennedy” on a ballot, and think “Trump and Biden aren’t my favorites, but I think I remember the Kennedys being cool once upon a time.”
The thing is, a lot of the people voting for RFK are low information voters, and low information voters don’t pay attention to endorsements. They’re checked out.
My mother is planning to vote Republican this year because she “doesn’t pay attention to that political crap”
I keep telling her that she really needs to pay attention because she’s on disability, gets medical benefits from the government, food stamps, etc.
Yet she still refuses to get informed.
I’ve tried talking to her about politics, I’ve tried showing her what Republicans are doing, I’ve tried asking her what she’d do if her benefits went away, etc. all she does is get angry about trying to bring politics into a discussion.
At this point I’ve told her that if the worst should happen with Republicans getting their way and she loses her benefits I don’t plan to help her at all. She’ll be at the mercy of her own decisions. (Something her and my dad have said to my siblings and I a lot growing up.)
Edit: She votes Republican straight down the ballot every single election. And for positions where people don’t declare their political party she doesn’t vote for those positions because she, “Won’t trust a rat who won’t say who they are.”
Edit 2: I accidentally a word or 2.
So that was a fucking lie.
Exactly
She’s straight up got the Republican brain worms bad.
I’m curious, what did she say to that?
“They wouldn’t do that.”
You know, the thing they constantly say they’re going to do.
She doesn’t even consider it a possibility so me saying that I won’t help her if it happens is a non-thing.
And if you’re curious, her opinion on the repeal of abortion rights is also shitty. “I live in a state where I can get one so it’s not an issue.”
And when I mention that it’s a possibility that if Republicans gain power they’ll pass a national ban she again shoots it down as something that they wouldn’t do.
Sounds like she’s in denial. Does she also change the subject when losing an argument?
Anyways, I think you have better chances addressing her denialism than to argue any other political point. As long as someone won’t argue in good faith, all other arguements and debates become pointless diversions.
A big public noisy endorsement might reach a few though. Not all, but some, and every bit helps
I’ll take it, but I feel like this will only shave off fractions off a percent.
If the election is as close as it was in 2020, that’s enough to swing the outcome.
True, although that election didn’t have a 3rd party candidate polling as high as this one. Biden is going to have to eat more into RFK.
Many are but not all. He’s got some devoted followers
Correct. He has some legit fans, but most of his polling numbers are from people who are not really tuned.
They also are likely attaching value to the name Kennedy though, and so other Kennedys may have outsized influence with them.
Yeah, but they’re not watching the political news and listening to anything the candidates, or their families are saying.
They just see “Trump, Biden, or Kennedy” on a ballot, and think “Trump and Biden aren’t my favorites, but I think I remember the Kennedys being cool once upon a time.”
A lot of them are Roganites. Not checked out, bit low quality information.