Morning Jolt: How Republicans Could Stop Flailing and Start Connecting with Voters

TODAY'S JOLT IS SPONSORED BY
DUTTON BOOKS

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

August 27 2024

How Republicans Could Stop Flailing and Start Connecting with Voters

On the menu today: A few days ago, the economist, philosopher, and living legend Thomas Sowell took Republicans to task for stumbling through a presidential-election season, neck-and-neck and flailing "against an administration whose policies have been rejected by the public in poll after poll."

Ronald Reagan won two consecutive presidential elections by landslides. How did he do it? He did it by addressing the voting public as if they were adults who could understand an issue — if you explained it to them in plain English, instead of in political jargon or snappy quips. There are some Republicans today who seem to understand that. But they are not running in this year's presidential election. Perhaps they may run in 2028.

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