Jordan Klepper heads to South Carolina to ask Nikki Haley supporters what she can do to beat Trump, then hits a Trump rally to ask his supporters why they’ll...
This is incredibly sad, and also illustrates why trying to reach these voters is a lost cause. There’s no new information that can be provided that would change their position. Our education system has failed them (thanks to Conservative policy). Most simply don’t have the tools (or refuse them) to understand they are acting against their own interests to the detriment of those around them. We literally have to improve their lives against their will.
Actually the exact video linked above shows that I think there is some hope for them. There are multiple people who are saying they used to support Trump (one who was at January 6th) and are now ashamed because they know more about what’s what now, and they don’t want to support him.
A lot of people won’t change their beliefs just based on dry simple facts, presented to them one time, that don’t square with anything in their existing worldview, by someone they don’t know, etc etc. A lot of them go by emotion, what resonates with them, what “feels right” or what particular trusted people “around them” (physically or on TV) are saying. That’s not ideal, but it’s also a pretty far distance away from a total lost cause in terms of them turning away from Trump.
This is incredibly sad, and also illustrates why trying to reach these voters is a lost cause. There’s no new information that can be provided that would change their position. Our education system has failed them (thanks to Conservative policy). Most simply don’t have the tools (or refuse them) to understand they are acting against their own interests to the detriment of those around them. We literally have to improve their lives against their will.
Actually the exact video linked above shows that I think there is some hope for them. There are multiple people who are saying they used to support Trump (one who was at January 6th) and are now ashamed because they know more about what’s what now, and they don’t want to support him.
A lot of people won’t change their beliefs just based on dry simple facts, presented to them one time, that don’t square with anything in their existing worldview, by someone they don’t know, etc etc. A lot of them go by emotion, what resonates with them, what “feels right” or what particular trusted people “around them” (physically or on TV) are saying. That’s not ideal, but it’s also a pretty far distance away from a total lost cause in terms of them turning away from Trump.