The title of the article is, "Three Charts To Email To Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law"
They won't work.
People, including me, don't vote on facts. We vote on how we feel. These charts, and most others, won't change that for most people.
I can think of only one instance where facts have changed my position, and that's unemployment insurance: I believe it really should be limited, because a study (that I cannot now find) shows that many people will avoid finding work until they have to. I have never seen any good evidence that people change their minds based on facts; we believe what we want, or what the people with whom we associate (or want to associate) believe, or we believe what we are paid to believe.
I'll have to disagree with you, Mister Jennings.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is true that a certain segment of the American population treats facts as something to be chosen from to fit a preconceived notion, there is another segment that votes based on facts and is open to a change of position based on facts.
I, for one, am in the latter category.