tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4292266052962436142..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Reminding Voters What WorksNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-15794047312696181892015-11-24T10:19:49.632-06:002015-11-24T10:19:49.632-06:00I love your analysis of this, Nancy. As always, t...I love your analysis of this, Nancy. As always, thanks for sharing your smart insights.<br /><br />About this part of your analysis: <br /><br />"The partisan divide starts to show up around keeping the country safe from terrorism, ensuring access to health care, strengthening the economy and managing the immigration system."<br /><br />I can't help but note how Republican voters' opinions about those things seem to be greatly animated by racial fears and resentments. In other words, if the racial component were not present to affect their assessments of those policy areas, I wonder -- would there be much of a partisan "divide" remaining?beulahmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086438600606183581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-83375317486288898252015-11-24T09:41:02.766-06:002015-11-24T09:41:02.766-06:00I am reminded of the tendency for voters to rank C...I am reminded of the tendency for voters to rank Congress as really low but have much better feelings about their own representatives.<br /><br />Humans just seem genetically wired to not be very good at judging the value of something in the aggregate.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.com