thasre
11-04-2009, 11:28 AM
Looking over the poll results, here (http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=627e858a-1d3f-428b-9d91-459536e9c489), I was pretty surprised to see that Rand is losing among young people in all scenarios and a little less surprised to see him losing among women voters in all scenarios. These problems are even more pronounced in the run-offs against the Democratic candidates.
I think now that Rand has essentially established himself as the lead contender for the Republican nomination, it's probably wise to start thinking of ways to broaden his appeal with an eye to the general election. I don't particularly like "image" politics, but I'm afraid it has to be part of every campaign strategy.
So does anyone know of ways to tailor Rand's message to women and younger voters? I imagine the younger voters are less of a problem, since young people don't really vote very reliably and I'm sure the ones not supporting Rand are the generically "progressive" college student types who think they're just so liberal, but Rand does seem to have a real problem with women voters.
I suspect this is because Rand and male voters are the type that want "Just the facts, ma'am" and find it interesting to discuss wonkish policy issues, whereas women are more likely to want "feel-good" discussion of broader issues and "what they mean" for the voters. So what can we as grassroots activists do to reach out to generically "progressive" and "feel-good" voters? And what can we encourage the official campaign to do?
I think now that Rand has essentially established himself as the lead contender for the Republican nomination, it's probably wise to start thinking of ways to broaden his appeal with an eye to the general election. I don't particularly like "image" politics, but I'm afraid it has to be part of every campaign strategy.
So does anyone know of ways to tailor Rand's message to women and younger voters? I imagine the younger voters are less of a problem, since young people don't really vote very reliably and I'm sure the ones not supporting Rand are the generically "progressive" college student types who think they're just so liberal, but Rand does seem to have a real problem with women voters.
I suspect this is because Rand and male voters are the type that want "Just the facts, ma'am" and find it interesting to discuss wonkish policy issues, whereas women are more likely to want "feel-good" discussion of broader issues and "what they mean" for the voters. So what can we as grassroots activists do to reach out to generically "progressive" and "feel-good" voters? And what can we encourage the official campaign to do?