How pushing hyper-specific – and fact free – policy proposals helps politicians like Donald Trump
Meibauer, G.
(4 August 2020)
How pushing hyper-specific – and fact free – policy proposals helps politicians like Donald Trump.
USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog.
When election candidates and politicians address voters, they often face a choice in how they speak: they can be specific in what they propose, or they can be deliberately ambiguous. Gustav Meibauer looks at the trade-off between these two rhetorical strategies, and argues that many politicians – like Donald Trump – aim to get the best of both worlds by choosing to be hyper-specific but fact free.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2020 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 02 Oct 2020 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106455 |