All the people at the Vance rally are media; print, video, TV/radio, and pool-credentialed press.
There are very few real (for lack of a better term) people there.
"You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fuckin’ smart, how come they lose so GODDAMNED ALWAYS!"
--Aaron Sorkin, Newsroom, S1E1
@countZZeroAaron Sorkin can take a leap on a flying dressage horse: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/07/21/aaron-sorkin-mitt-romney-president-biden/74489599007/
It's simple. Liberals tend to play by the rules, expect the quality of their ideals to be self evident, and make appeals to the intellect. Republicans play to win, or create the illusion of a winning. They speak to emotions such as fear, scarcity, and greed. And frame themselves as the party of Alpha males.
Broadly the Democrats are Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. The Republicans are Mötley Crüe.
@th3j35t3r