Cognitive dissonance is fueling the socialist surge
June’s Democratic primaries proved that voters are comfortable supporting brash candidates, once-niche ideas, and untested policies. Their personal feelings on these matters tell a different story.A June survey of likely general election voters in Maine found only 44% of them agreeing that Graham Planter, the state’s soon-to-not-be Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has “good character.” Clearly, Platner, who once brandished a Nazi tattoo, sexted several women while married, and was alleged to have sexually abused an ex-girlfriend in 2021, lacks “the right kind of moral values” — at least according to a majority of the polled individuals.
- ▪June’s Democratic primaries proved that voters are comfortable supporting brash candidates, once-niche ideas, and untested policies.
- ▪Their personal feelings on these matters tell a different story.A June survey of likely general election voters in Maine found only 44% of them agreeing that Graham Planter, the state’s soon-to-not-be Democratic nominee for U.S.
- ▪Senate, has “good character.” Clearly, Platner, who once brandished a Nazi tattoo, sexted several women while married, and was alleged to have sexually abused an ex-girlfriend in 2021, lacks “the right kind of moral values” — at least accor
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June’s Democratic primaries proved that voters are comfortable supporting brash candidates, once-niche ideas, and untested policies. Their personal feelings on these matters tell a different story.A June survey of likely general election voters in Maine found only 44% of them agreeing that Graham Planter, the state’s soon-to-not-be Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has “good character.” Clearly, Platner, who once brandished a Nazi tattoo, sexted several women while married, and was alleged to have sexually abused an ex-girlfriend in 2021, lacks “the right kind of moral values” — at least according to a majority of the polled individuals.
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