Rich Logis, a former voter for former President Trump, appeared in a video message broadcast to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to say that the COVID-19 pandemic showed him how Trump was “lying about pretty much everything.”
“I believed Trump,” he said. “When the pandemic hit, we needed leadership, but we were given almost nothing. It was a major betrayal to the country.”
Logis described himself as a “full-fledged member of MAGA” and encouraged fellow voters that there was still time to change their minds about whom to cast a ballot for in November.
This is how communities break out of bad cycles. You show people who changed their minds, and that encourages fence sitters to also change their minds. Then when those people show that they’ve changed their minds, even more follow.
This is used to push groups towards good polices, and also how mobs get out of control.
If the dems ignore the psychology of large groups, then they’ll never get more than a small percentage of the vote.
https://youarenotsosmart.com/2023/09/14/yanss-269-deconstructing-how-minds-change-with-michael-taft/
They don’t need the MAGA vote or appeal to Republicans, they need to energize those who are either apathetic or who need to overcome voter suppression hurdles. Patting themselves on the back by continuing their moderate bipartisan wish fulfillment fantasies that has let the Republicans obstruct them for decades isn’t going to motivate anyone if it hasn’t worked already.
GOtV is a constant. All day every day. But it has its problems.
People who want to bash the Dems for not being progressive enough will either vote Dem or not, but they are less likely to be swayed by a presentation at the DNC than a centrist.