And the way you get votes is by appealing to voters, not by scaremongering about the other candidate. That tactic especially doesn't work when you platform is the same.

[–] aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

First-past-the-post voting incentivizes voting against the candidate you don’t want to win by voting for the candidate most likely to beat him. So scaremongering about the other candidate is a strategy often used to great effect. Trump used scaremongering against Hillary in 2016. Trump’s using scaremongering against Biden now. George H.W. Bush famously used scaremongering about crime to win.

Also their platforms are not the same. Trump has Project 2025.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

often used to great effect.

And then you go on to cite the 2016 election.
Are you doing a bit? Do you not recall the pied-piper strategy the Dems tried? You keep referring to "successful" examples, but they're all republicans lol.

[–] aesc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought you were the one who said the Democratic and Republican platforms are the same. Now you're noticing that the examples of winning with scaremongering are all Republican wins. Are you doing a bit?

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

??? Their platforms are the same, but the republicans actually want the platform enacted. Saying "vote for me or you'll get the republican" doesn't work when you have the same policy. Saying "vote for me or you'll get the democrat" works for the republican, because republican voters think democrats are demons wearing skin suits.
What is it with you people and pretending you don't understand basic textual communication? Do you think your sad attempts at gotchas aren't noticed? Go back to Reddit and argue with a bot

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