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Campaign Throwback: 'The Beer Question'

2024/5/22
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Galen Druk:本期节目探讨了历届美国总统大选中的一个常见说法——"与其共饮啤酒",即选民更倾向于选择他们认为更受欢迎、更易于相处,更像朋友的候选人。节目嘉宾们对这一说法进行了深入探讨,分析了其背后的原因以及它是否真的能反映选民的真实想法。 Morris Fiorina:通过对历届美国总统大选数据的分析,发现候选人的受欢迎程度与最终的选举结果之间并没有很强的相关性。他认为,选民在做出选择时,更看重的是候选人的执政能力、政策主张以及对国家经济和社会稳定等方面的贡献。他以1980年里根当选和1996年克林顿连任为例,说明选民有时会选择他们并不十分喜欢的候选人,因为他们更看重的是候选人的执政能力和政策。 Mark Leibovich:他认为,候选人的形象塑造在竞选中至关重要。候选人需要塑造积极的公众形象,让选民喜欢他们。这是一种营销策略,也是人性使然。 Elliot Morris:他认为,"与其共饮啤酒"的问题虽然简单易懂,但它并非一个很好的预测指标。他建议,与其用这种方式来衡量候选人的受欢迎程度,不如直接询问选民对候选人的看法,例如,他们是否认为候选人诚实、可靠、值得信赖等。 Galen Druk:节目中还分析了2000年和2004年大选,指出"与其共饮啤酒"的说法被用来解释为什么布什能够战胜戈尔和克里。虽然在2000年到2016年的五次总统大选中,"与其共饮啤酒"民调结果与最终胜选结果一致,但这并不意味着该说法具有很强的预测性。 Morris Fiorina:他认为,2000年大选戈尔失利的原因在于他未能充分利用当时良好的经济形势,以及他将民主党政策导向更左倾,未能获得选民的支持。 Mark Leibovich:他指出,戈尔在公众面前的形象不够亲和,而布什则展现出更轻松、更平易近人的形象。 Elliot Morris:他认为,"与其共饮啤酒"的问题过于简单,无法全面反映选民对候选人的评价。他建议,应该采用更科学、更全面的方法来评估选民对候选人的看法。

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This is the third installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across three episodes, we're taking a look back at campaign tropes from past elections such as, “it’s the economy, stupid,” or “soccer moms” or that question about which candidate you’d rather share a beer with. We’ll ask where those tropes came from, whether they were actually true at the time and if they still hold up today.

In our third installment: "the beer question." After the 2000 and 2004 elections, political observers remarked that Republican George W. Bush defeated his Democratic opponents in part because he was the candidate who voters would rather "have a beer with." The phrase quickly became a cliche for evaluating a candidate's likability or relatability. But is it really how voters choose their presidents?

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