The first task of any political campaign is to frame the question it wants voters to answer. Donald Trump wants this election to be a referendum on change: Are you happy with the way things are going in America? Hillary Clinton wants the election to be a referendum on Trump: […] Read more »
How progressive was Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech?
Just hours before Hillary Clinton delivered her speech accepting the Democratic nomination for President at the Party’s Convention, on Thursday night, two veterans of Bill Clinton’s Administration—the pollster Stan Greenberg and the economist Joseph E. Stiglitz—appeared at an event organized by the Roosevelt Institute, a liberal think tank. The title […] Read more »
Creating a Mandate to ‘Rewrite the Rules’ of the Economy
As the two party conventions were starting, Donald Trump enjoyed about a 4-point advantage on the economy and that is what keeps him in the race to November. According to a new Democracy Corps survey on behalf of the Roosevelt Institute, the election and the battle for the economy will […] Read more »
Big Picture for Trump vs. Clinton? It’s All in the Framing
Getting people to put on one set of glasses rather than another to view their political choices is part of what campaigns do to win elections. The fight to frame the choice is one of the biggest battles. Throughout the primaries, Donald Trump has attempted to make the choice about […] Read more »
We tested how best to ‘sell’ climate policy. Here’s what we found.
… Will simple spin-doctoring in climate change communications change how people view environmental policy? We don’t think so. Reframing climate change mitigation from avoiding something bad (risk reduction) to creating something good (innovation, jobs, good society, better health) does not offer an easy fix. CONT. Thomas Bernauer & Liam F. […] Read more »
Why Trump?
Donald Trump is winning Republican presidential primaries at such a great rate that he seems likely to become the next Republican presidential nominee and perhaps the next president. Democrats have little understanding of why he is winning — and winning handily, and even many Republicans don’t see him as a […] Read more »