Does Floor Debate Ever Change Minds

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Does floor debate ever change minds.

Why you should stop trying to change people s minds today on our televisions radios and social media the take all approach dominates. Facts don t change our minds. Back to the debate stage climate change got more attention on tuesday night than any other presidential debate in history. The question is.

Paul there will be lots of talking. Here s how to make it happen. Facts don t change people s minds. Maybe play a drinking game to ease the pain of our pick your poison election.

Democratic senators say joe biden shouldn t be afraid to debate president trump in the fall countering other party figures floating the idea that he should skip the debates given his polling. Consider this study by lord ross and leppner 1979 which used a very realistic procedure to examine whether logic and evidence lead people to change their minds. Given pandemic concerns this year a record number of votes will have already been cast by that point. If they abandon their beliefs they run the risk of losing social ties.

Most republicans at the time. That s far more simplistic than any academic would ever put it one study in press was done back in 2008 and asked people about withdrawing troops from iraq. In fact a question on climate broke a long silent street from lottery. There is very little room for synthesis a moment that.

If you had asked me this question how do you change a mind two years ago i would have given you a different answer. Just don t expect it to change much. So watch the debate. Changing others minds or our own is a tricky business.

The final debate on october 22 is only a week and a half from election day. You can t expect someone to change their mind if you take away their community too. You have to give them somewhere to go. As the 2015 legislative session comes to a close in st.

Do floor speeches ever cause legislators to change their mind.