Low-information voters back before Obama’s election in 2008 were considered voters that consume very little politics so they don’t know much. Since the rise of Fox News following 2008 we misuse the term “low information voters”. Instead, a majority of the Republican base has become high misinformation voters not low information voters. T…
Low-information voters back before Obama’s election in 2008 were considered voters that consume very little politics so they don’t know much. Since the rise of Fox News following 2008 we misuse the term “low information voters”. Instead, a majority of the Republican base has become high misinformation voters not low information voters. They eat up conspiracy theories like birtherism or pizza gate while simultaneously believing whatever right wing media tells them about more salient political/ economic issues.
This started long before Donald Trump and one of the most dishonest lines we hear from “traditional conservatives” is that it was because of Donald Trump. The inmates started running the asylum at least 8 years before Trump ever got elected President.
I called them "negative information voters" in my post, but "misinformation voters" fits just as well. But it's not the lack of information. It's their inability to think clearly that stuns me. I got into a "discussion" with my mechanic about how the Az gubernatorial election was stolen because the bad guys stole a bunch of ballots and filled them out for Hobbs. I asked him why if that was true how come none of the people hot to vote for Lake who didn't get a ballot didn't complain about not getting one. And if they had tried to vote in person they would have found out that they had already voted. The answer - "you don't know that didn't happen". You can't win with some people.
Low-information voters back before Obama’s election in 2008 were considered voters that consume very little politics so they don’t know much. Since the rise of Fox News following 2008 we misuse the term “low information voters”. Instead, a majority of the Republican base has become high misinformation voters not low information voters. They eat up conspiracy theories like birtherism or pizza gate while simultaneously believing whatever right wing media tells them about more salient political/ economic issues.
This started long before Donald Trump and one of the most dishonest lines we hear from “traditional conservatives” is that it was because of Donald Trump. The inmates started running the asylum at least 8 years before Trump ever got elected President.
I called them "negative information voters" in my post, but "misinformation voters" fits just as well. But it's not the lack of information. It's their inability to think clearly that stuns me. I got into a "discussion" with my mechanic about how the Az gubernatorial election was stolen because the bad guys stole a bunch of ballots and filled them out for Hobbs. I asked him why if that was true how come none of the people hot to vote for Lake who didn't get a ballot didn't complain about not getting one. And if they had tried to vote in person they would have found out that they had already voted. The answer - "you don't know that didn't happen". You can't win with some people.