[scooter]
Footballguy
I'm not sure if Trump (and his supporters) are a good test case for trying out a theory on a national scale.https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/763214-2018-elections-thread/?do=findComment&comment=20666366This makes no sense. Trump won the first time at least somewhat due to apathy/ambivalence.
The flaw in the concept, IMO, is that if you attempt to emphasize mundane things -- affordable health insurance and the environment, for example -- Trump can just respond with "Nobody loves affordable health insurance and the environment more than me, believe me." And you've instantly lost all your traction. The only way to get it back is to point out that Trump has done nothing about health insurance or the environment -- and once you do that, then you trigger the Right Wing Media Machine, which causes Trump supporters to feel like they're being attacked.
I agree that Hillary was a more powerful trigger than Biden would be. But still, we're talking about a group of people who can manufacture outrage out of almost anything. How can you stop them from being triggered while also preventing Trump from co-opting your ideas?