PHOTO ESSAY
Why Trump voters are not “complete idiots” (in charts and photos)
http://qz.com/737452/why-trump-voters-are-not-complete-idiots-a-photo-essay/
PHOTO ESSAY
Why Trump voters are not “complete idiots” (in charts and photos)
http://qz.com/737452/why-trump-voters-are-not-complete-idiots-a-photo-essay/
“Social media has turned Republican & Democratic Parties into host bodies for 3rd party candidates.” — Clay Shirky
https://storify.com/cshirky/republican-and-democratic-parties-are-now-host-bod
“Politics is a small group of mostly powerless people talking about each other.” — Dave Winer
http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2016/01/03/0781.html
“The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can’t possibly select honest people.” — James P. Hogan
http://www.freedomkeys.com/politicians.htm
“…The challenge isn’t coming up with a remarkable story… the challenge for a politician is ensuring that the story is both authentic and appealing enough to spread to the majority.” — Seth Godin
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/electable_vs_ma.html
“…Every day, politicians do mundane things. They sit through hearings or review boring proposals. But here, in front of the voters, voters who cared deeply about a single issue, each politician had a chance to really shine. And they failed. Miserably.
“People don’t renew or cancel their cell phone service because of the ads (the ads that might have gotten them to sign up in the first place.) They do it based on the service and the way it makes them feel. And people don’t vote to re-elect a candidate because of her debate performance or speeches.
“Voters decide because of the intense emotion they feel during isolated moments. The challenge of being a politician, whether you’re national or in a tiny village, is the same—to exceed expectations in the most intense interactions you have each day.”
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/how_to_get_reel.html
“Politics is a Game of Addition.”
— Peggy Noonan, CBS This Morning, Monday December 28 2015
“…Politics is a game of addition, take the long view, don’t throw anyone out as you try to hit 60. ” — Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal, Friday November 28 2008
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122773612620961005
“The close relationship between Hoffman and the White House isn’t just about his being a major political donor. He and others like him have something more powerful than money to offer: a way for officials to connect with the largest possible audiences. In the nineteenth century, the bosses of political machines served this role; in the twentieth, it was media barons, especially in broadcasting and newspapers; in the twenty-first, it is people who have created vast online social networks.”
“Even in this age of inequality, there’s nothing as unequal as the distribution of success in Silicon Valley. One of Hoffman’s venture-capital friends, Mike Maples, Jr., estimates that of the roughly thirty thousand tech startups a year, only ten will wind up representing ninety-seven per cent of the total value of all of them, and one will represent as much value as all the others combined.”
“A waiter entered. “I have an algorithm,” Hoffman said. “If it’s a good place, order the special. If it’s a bad place, order what they can’t screw up.” They ordered the special.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/12/the-network-man?mbid=rss