03-08-2016, 02:15 PM
(03-08-2016, 01:37 PM)McC Wrote: I think you're overestimating the voting public and underestimating the power of the sound byte. We live in a world where, if something gets repeated enough, it becomes accepted as true.
Yeah, I know exactly how it works. At the time of the '04 election over 60% of the general public thought Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9-11 attacks.
But in this case neither candidate is in the incumbent position where they have so much more control over the message to the country. Incumbent presidents usually win because they have more control over the sound bytes the people hear.
