Friday, May 06, 2005

DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc

Howard Dean's DNC has conducted a survey in 8 "red" states in re "how to reach" out to these voters.

The "worrisome part" for Dems from the study:

47 percent of voters and 51 percent of white women in the eight states -- said their voting decisions are influenced as much or more by their religious faith as by traditional political issues. Not surprisingly, they went heavily for Bush over Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), with 66 percent backing the president.


Pollster Belcher's survey suggested that the way to reach these voters is to massage the Democrat message BASED upon the recognition that these voters can be cross-pressured "between their pocketbook concerns and their moral values concerns."

He's right, IMHO -- in that there is an economic pressure concern. His suggestion is that the message be massaged to these voters. Further:

Dean believes that provides an opening for Democrats, but only if Democratic candidates learn to speak a different language. "Democrats wonder why people vote against their own economic interest," he said. "The answer is that Democrats don't connect with people's fears about how to raise their children in a difficult social environment."

The former presidential candidate said issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion are not the major obstacles facing Democrats, but the impression that Democrats convey to these voters is that their answer to those fears is more government. "The message people hear is, 'Oh, we'll raise your children for you.' That's the wrong message," Dean said.

Massaging the message. Hm. So instead of directly saying how "diversity" will make the world a "better place"; the message will be that "diversity will add newer jobs" to these states. Fascinating. So, the end goal is to NOT connect the "values issues" within the rightful context, but to "tack on". Perhaps suggesting that promotion of homosexual issues, for example, will lead to reduced costs at colleges, etc. Or that by adding newer diversity issues to the pork barrel, more jobs will enter the state thereby "suggesting the opportunity" that these jobs will go to the young. They needn't add: (homosexual only may apply).

Been there, done that, seen the game. Yes, it worked in CA and some other states. However, what this article tells me is that the Pollster and Dean still don't understand the "values based" voter.
This used to be called a "shell game". But then, this fits with the DNC view of red state voters as "plumb dumb as a sack of rocks".
I've found that voters in the red state can actually think longer in a line on any real topic than any blue state voter I've known in my life time. Sidewinders are Democrat specialties.

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