Trump’s Voter Appeal
Trump makes his followers feel the center of all reality. He defines who they are and declares them special.
Category: Politics
Politics is the influencing and exercising of power, especially in government policies.
Do you worry about unintended consequences of Trump’s single-thread solutions?
Trump has three main threads as I see it. He stresses different notes at different times, always emphasizing that his skill, rather that details, will overcome obstacles that questioners pose
Before and After the Election
If Trump loses, watch how quickly Republicans forget their trillions for bailouts and insist on budget discipline forbids Main Street assistance.
Populism in 2020
Reliance on belief only leads us astray when we must ignore facts. Facts are correctives to flawed beliefs.
It’s the truth, but …
How can telling the truth not benefit decision-making? When only a selective truth is told, with many related true facts are ignored. Listeners readily make associations to displayed traits that may not be germane to…
Political Framing Issues
It is up to the free press to put the various perspectives in a rational perspective when the stories themselves are being told.
Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?
For the sake of elections based on facts, dark advertising must be brought into the light.
Frequency of Messages – Impact
Mass media channels promote associations between political persons, issues, and value judgements. The volume of repetitions leads to linked associations.
Python Program, Displaying the Majority of Majority
I wasn't going to write the post without a suitable image. I decided to create it myself. A work in progress.
Live by the Word
Trump's new explanation for an event that earlier earned a denial implies that truth is now hidden under words which overweight the fact with an interpretation.