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anon84873628 | on: Trump wins presidency for second time
Ironically, the Democrats had a much more comprehensive policy position of course. But what matters to voters is what they _perceive_ and "what will you do for me". It's a propaganda war, and not yet clear to me whether we should blame the party or "the media" for losing it.

The 13 Keys to the White House model finally failed. I don't think it's because of the subjective keys, but rather the objective keys don't match what people actually believe about the world. Again, Democrats lost the marketing battle somehow.

aydyn | parent
> Ironically, the Democrats had a much more comprehensive policy position of course.

Given all the buzz around Project 2025, thats certainly not perceptually true _even to democrats_.

If Trump really had less comprehensive policy positions, then why did the media go on for months about this 1000-page policy document?

You cant have your cake and eat it too.

anon84873628 | root | parent
That's a fair point. I guess Democrats should have focused more on the "real policy" aspects of Project 2025 (besides abortion?) rather than the "completely reorganize the Executive" (implement fascism) parts.

Of course, Trump did distance himself from Project 2025, right? He clearly didn't like sharing the spotlight. How do we get to a situation where a candidate disavows knowledge of their presumptive policy paper, yet all the voters still believe that's his policy? Seems like an even more absurd example having your cake and eating it too.