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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:05 PM
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Is fear the emotion most voters respond to during elections? Pubs. manipulate SwingVoters thru Fear
Edited on Tue Jun-07-11 05:24 PM by Cal33
The author of the article gave as an example Kathy Hochul's dramatic win in NY 26, when she
put emphasis on the Repub's statement of ending Medicare altogether. And the electorate
responded -- even in a largely Republican district.

Republicans have been using this tactic for ages! Is that how they have been so successful,
even with their lies?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/29/980300/-The-EMOTIONAL-Lesson-That-Dems-Really-Need-To-Master
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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:55 PM
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1. Dems need to show the American people that they have far more to fear
from the Repubs. than from the Dems.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 05:59 PM
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2. Voters were scared to death in the fall of 2008 as the economy was nosediving....
...that worked out pretty well for Democrats.
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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 06:37 PM
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3. That's right, they were scared. I think Dem. politicians could learn from this,
Edited on Tue Jun-07-11 06:39 PM by Cal33
and begin to get more votes in the future.
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