Leo
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the clinton campaign felt portraying trump as unsafe, too volatile, too risky, etc. was the way to reach and win over female voters (it obviously didn't work on enough of them).
but is any of this really new to this election cycle? it seems more like traditional political campaign strategy. because while everyone (reporters, op-ed writers, pundits, commenters) always claims a desire to discuss the issues and policy positions, in actuality voters don't pay much attention to that stuff (either they don't understand it or it just bores them) and they tend to get swayed more by negative attack ad campaigning.
perhaps this was the election cycle where most of the traditional campaign elements were simply out of sync with the times.
but is any of this really new to this election cycle? it seems more like traditional political campaign strategy. because while everyone (reporters, op-ed writers, pundits, commenters) always claims a desire to discuss the issues and policy positions, in actuality voters don't pay much attention to that stuff (either they don't understand it or it just bores them) and they tend to get swayed more by negative attack ad campaigning.
perhaps this was the election cycle where most of the traditional campaign elements were simply out of sync with the times.