Democrats Are Losing Young People

[H2O Man]

81. Right.

I think that republicanshave used media/communications better overall in my lifetime. Of course, JFK beat Nixon based in part by appearing healthy while Nixon looked like Nixon. But there was a lot of anti-Irish Catholic nonsense in the media.

More recently, there was evidence that there is no depth to how low republicans will go. "Willie" Horton was not called that by anyone familiar with him, including police. His name was William Horton, but Bush the Elder's campaign recognized that by using "Willie," they amplified the dog whistle. And this messaged reached everyone in the country, as opposed to right-wingers' texts.

The corporate news has a long history of splattering shit, too. There are obviously examples of good reporters/journalists, of course. We are witnessing it today, when some of the most accurate reporting comes from the late night comedy shows.

If Democrats are looking for the group with the lowest turn-outs in virtually every election is poor people. That holds from elections for school board to the presidency. Yet we see remarkably little paid to that population. I'm old enough to remember when caring about the poor was "in style," to quote the late George Foreman.