Their take: they couldn’t convince Trump voters, so trying is pointless: maybe we shouldn’t even have a debate.
My take: Bad debaters. They’ve been getting worse over time. What’s the best move for a bad debater? Don’t debate.
It’s easy to look at the data and think that people can’t be convinced. Yet, its also easy to look at the Trump debates and see they weren’t really trying to convince anyone of much.
You can’t convince people if you don’t really have a message to convince them of aside from “I’m not Trump” and “Trump is bad.” They already believed that: Both candidates were bad, and both candidates are bad at delivering the promises. After three elections with Trump, it’s really like a broken record at this point.
Their take: they couldn’t convince Trump voters, so trying is pointless: maybe we shouldn’t even have a debate.
My take: Bad debaters. They’ve been getting worse over time. What’s the best move for a bad debater? Don’t debate.
It’s easy to look at the data and think that people can’t be convinced. Yet, its also easy to look at the Trump debates and see they weren’t really trying to convince anyone of much.
You can’t convince people if you don’t really have a message to convince them of aside from “I’m not Trump” and “Trump is bad.” They already believed that: Both candidates were bad, and both candidates are bad at delivering the promises. After three elections with Trump, it’s really like a broken record at this point.