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Democrats Must Use this Ancient Deep Psychology Technique To Win
It’s all in the message and it’s repetition, but if you don’t engage a topic, put it at the top of your 3-item list, and relentlessly pound on it — it’s as if it doesn’t exist
Republicans are pulling ahead in the polls right now because of the issue of crime and homelessness, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll published just yesterday. More than a year ago, I wrote about this very danger in an article titled, “A Crime Wave Could Take Down the Democrats in 2022” (among others).
Democrats must start addressing crime and homelessness right now, and the most effective way to pull it off is to fold it into a holistic message that includes two more issues — say, the economy/inflation and the environment — so that they’re making use of “the rule of threes.”
Notice the tweet from Rep. Ro Khanna, Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, about the need to bring crime toward the front of Democratic messaging:
“This poll should be a wake-up call for our party. Several of us in Congress have been pushing for a sharper & stronger economic message with a call to make things in America, tackle the supply chain crises, and address…
