Joe Biden’s Approach: Speak Softly, and Carry a Big Agenda
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Humans tend to see diversity in the groups we belong to, and sameness in the groups we mistrust, he said.
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- Note: This seems like an important point.
- But no matter which kind of Democrat you are, Republicans blur in your mind into an undifferentiated mass of awful, so a signal from their political leaders is stronger.
- Americans have weak and changeable views on policy, but strong views on how politics should look and feel. Many, if not most, Americans believe “political conflict is unnecessary and an indication that something is wrong with governmental procedures,” they write. The more partisan fighting there is around a bill, in other words, the more Americans begin to believe something must be wrong with the legislation — otherwise, why would everyone be so upset?
- Instead, his theory seems to be that if you can dial down the conflict, you can dial up the policy.