In hindsight, Trump was relentlessly on message on one thing: jobs for the white working class https://medium.com/@rortybomb/learning-from-trump-in-retrospect-dce431b23ed0#.fftcy7leg …
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Replying to @blakehounshell
This was clear at the time, too, if you watched his rallies instead of reading transcripts. Transcripts don't convey speech.
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Replying to @blakehounshell
Wasn't it clear, then? He talked a lot about jobs, and ties immigration to jobs, too, most of the time.
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Replying to @zeynep
it was clear then. tweet poorly worded —
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Replying to @blakehounshell @rortybomb
Ah, okay. I thought journalists were poorly served by transcripts that made it seem like all word salad. Well+
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Replying to @zeynep
You are putting your finger on a real issue, which is that we cover the news, not the repetitive stump stuff.
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Replying to @blakehounshell @zeynep
… but the repetitive stump stuff is what sticks with voters
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Replying to @blakehounshell
Yep. And they see rest often as part of "gotcha" media, largely discounted since his message is not reported on.
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Replying to @zeynep @blakehounshell
I saw a study this weekend; claim: Trump TV ads were overwhelmingly policy; Clinton ads are overwhelmingly on temperament.
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His voters heard him say: "I'll make government work for you again" along with implied or explicit "not just 'them'".
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