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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 10:41:35 JST Paul Cantrell

   This. All of it. Top to bottom.

   This is what the MSM should be plastering wall to wall.

   Eyes on the ball, everyone.

   https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-11/la-trump-unfit-for-office-biden-election

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 10:46:19 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Again, because people keep missing it:

     YES this matters. YES there are people who will be swayed by the tone and emphasis of press coverage. YES it matters whether we all keep repeating everything in that editorial like a danged broken record.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 10:51:19 JST Paul Cantrell

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     “But who?! Who would actually be swayed by anything at this point?!”

     Oh my dear innocent Very Online friend, the answer is “a terrifying number of people:”
     https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112757554897957243

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 11:18:28 JST Paul Cantrell

     • Camilo

     @cam
     I’m not quite there, but I’d say the election is basically a tossup and mostly depends on (1) who’s getting more pervasive negative vibes in the press, and (2) how successful efforts are to suppress Black votes.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:05:47 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • knowuh

     @knowuh
     “Least likely to vote” also means “most likely to adjust the outcome if they do show up.” I don’t know if you’ve ever knocked doors for a campaign, but if you do, the effort is mostly about getting people who are sympathetic but might not make it actually get to the poll. That’s where the leverage is. And yes, applies to young voters as well as infrequent voters.

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     knowuh (knowuh@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:05:48 JST knowuh

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     @inthehands I finally read the article you linked to here and the most salient point is this third demographic of the uniformed is also the least likely to vote, and has no interest in politics.

     So thinking pragmatically how much money should the DNC put into chasing this lethargic and disinterested group?

     I humbly suggest we use that money to strengthen the youth vote. Gen-Z are anti-Biden because they don’t feel seen. Easy and cheap fix. They have energy and resonance.

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     knowuh (knowuh@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:15:44 JST knowuh

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     @inthehands just ask a few 18 yos if they are going to vote in the fall.

     We need to turn that ship around.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:15:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • knowuh

     @knowuh
     I’m a college prof, so believe me, I have this conversation regularly. The high-information 18yos I work with are going to craw over broken glass if they have to.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:20:26 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • knowuh

     @knowuh
     Oh, I have very much so. Every election year I have to have the “the Jill Stein flavor of the month is a trap” conversation.

     To the original post, though: this is a group for whom refocusing on Trump’s negatives is going to clarify the question of whether it’s important to stop him. The vague feeling of “they’re all the same” crumbles under the facts.

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     knowuh (knowuh@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:20:27 JST knowuh

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     @inthehands also an adjunct prof, and I can’t believe you haven’t encountered the hostility towards Biden.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:25:18 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • knowuh

     @knowuh
     Door to door and person to person. I don’t think there’s any way through that doesn’t involve good old fashioned organizing.

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     knowuh (knowuh@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jul-2024 00:25:19 JST knowuh

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     @inthehands seems like refocusing using the same media and or approach won’t work? So it’s door-to-door with the same message?