Republicans are the party of the wealthy. Voters know it, and Democrats plan to run on it

[applegrove]

Republicans are the party of the wealthy. Voters know it, and Democrats plan to run on it

by Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/21/1300957/-Republicans-are-the-party-of-the-wealthy-Voters-know-it-and-Democrats-plan-to-run-on-it

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Many groups of heavily Democratic voters tend to stay home during midterm elections, providing Democrats with a serious challenge for 2014. House Democrats are trying to combat that with a major research project aiming to figure out how to get Democratic drop-off voters to the polls in November. The most effective message they're finding is a familiar one from 2012: Republicans represent the wealthy and don't care much about working families.

Issues like the minimum wage may draw strong support, but it's that image, embodied so beautifully by Mitt Romney in 2012 but no less true in 2014, that actually makes people want to go out and vote:

In doing the research, Democratic consultants tested several advertisements with voters and found that the most effective one featured a fictitious Republican congressman who backed the government shutdown but continued to collect his check while the House gym remained open. It accused the make-believe House member of being more interested in the perquisites of office than representing his constituents.

Democrats said the advertising response showed that while the shutdown seems like history in current political terms, it remains a powerful negative for Republicans when it is linked to the benefits of office.



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[SummerSnow]

1. And those Republicans who aren't rich

actually believe that one one-day they will be rich. The Rethugs believe in the trickle down.lol

[Rod Beauvex]

2. Unfortunantly...

Painting the Republican party as the party of the rich is a trick that will work in 2014, and may help in 2016, but it is not a long term strategy.

I foresee trouble in the future. The Republican party will fade away, and possibly dissolve, and that will leave only the Democratic party, and the corporate leeches who sucked the Republican party dry will latch onto the Democratic party.

And then what happens?