The degree of
polarization in this country is totally out of control. We have spoken about tribalism a lot here and definitely
will again. Today, we are focusing on the answer to a single poll question: 29%
of Americans, including 55% of Republicans, believe President Obama may
sympathize with ISIS. https://twitter.com/pollreport/status/749672162185719808.
We don’t
need to argue against the premise as it is on its face absurd. But the key
point here is that Republicans and Republican primary voters believe/believed
such a thing. That means in the primaries Trump needed only to convince these
people to vote for him, not to change their beliefs. He now needs to convince
people to vote for him who aren’t willing to believe such a ridiculous thing. This
requires Trump to come up with a message that can persuade an entirely
different group of people who believe a different set of things.
If Trump is
content that he can be the same and win because he has won before misses the
crucial point that he is trying to persuade people. We have not seen much
evidence that this is happening but we will be keeping track.
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