Engagious | https://engagious.com We test and refine messages. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:05:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://engagious.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-150x150.png Engagious | https://engagious.com 32 32 Conversations with professionals making an impact at the crossroads of branding, content creation, storytelling, and market research. Hosted by Engagious CEO David Paull.<br /> Engagious false episodic Engagious apaull@amandapaull.com 2019 Engagious 2019 Engagious podcast We explore what makes marketing authentic, remarkable, and engaging Engagious | https://engagious.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Engagious_-_Podcast_V2_-_3000x3000.jpg https://engagious.com/category/biden-voters/ TV-G Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon weekly You Look Like a Voter https://engagious.com/you-look-like-a-voter/ https://engagious.com/you-look-like-a-voter/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2020 01:04:08 +0000 https://engagious.com/?p=18575 Recently Engagious president Rich Thau posted The Science of Getting Out the Vote, a Dan Ariely article about the science of getting out the vote. ON this election day, we’re linking to another Ariely article https://www.lemonade.com/blog/persuade-your-friends-to-vote/ with a simple behavioral economics strategy for getting your friends to the polls.

Short version: Use #FOMO (fear of missing out). Call them names (“you VOTER!”). Question their level of commitment. Promise to check up on them.

Hey, blog-reading friends. Your polling place is where all the cool kids are going to be on today. What’s your plan?

We’ll check back with you to see how you did.

FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE HERE

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The (Behavioral) Science of Getting Out the Vote https://engagious.com/the-science-of-getting-out-the-vote/ https://engagious.com/the-science-of-getting-out-the-vote/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:46:30 +0000 http://engagious.com/?p=15758 Dan Ariely and Supriya Syal explore the ways behavioral science can be used to nudge people to become voters. (They don’t include getting inspiring candidates on the ballot.)
One of the biggest factors for success? Having a PLAN. Not just committing to voting, but knowing when in the day you will go and how you will get there will increase your likelihood of voting by 4%. Great article by Scientific American.
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Michigan Swing Voters Toeing the Line for Trump https://engagious.com/michigan-swing-voters-toeing-the-line-for-trump/ https://engagious.com/michigan-swing-voters-toeing-the-line-for-trump/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:01:16 +0000 https://engagious.com/?p=22664 If you’ve been following our swing voter project, you know that last month was the first time in 16 months of focus groups that the swing voters who voted for Trump in 2016 seemed to be breaking from the president. Well, any notion that the break last month was the start of a trend was busted with this month’s swing voter group made up of nine Obama-Trump voters from the suburban Detroit area.

This group of swing voters think the country is in trouble but don’t lay the blame on President Trump. Read this month’s findings to see what they had to say.

Here’s a couple of interesting things this group told us:

President Trump still has their vote — at least 7 of the 9 of them. Only 2 in the group say they would vote for Biden over Trump if the election was held “tomorrow.”

They feel life between now and election day will be chaotic, divided and emotional.

They feel that the demand to “Defund the police” is going too far and could have a negative impact on Biden’s chances.

And they largely want schools to re-open in the fall

 

View the highlights for yourself: 

 

Couple of direct takes from this group:

On the pandemic and re-opening the country…

“I believe [scientific experts] should be part of the guidance, but… if we listen to nothing but scientific guidance, we’d be shutting down every business in the country.”

On social unrest and the ramping up of protests in some cities… 

“They (protestors) are still burning buildings. They’re rioting. They’re doing things that aren’t going to bring us together. They’re doing more things that are going to bring us apart.”

Check out all the key findings in our July summary report

 

 

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Trump’s Losing Support With These Swing Voters https://engagious.com/trumps-losing-support-with-swing-voters/ https://engagious.com/trumps-losing-support-with-swing-voters/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:42:53 +0000 https://engagious.com/?p=22583 Engagious traveled, virtually, to Erie, PA, for June’s Swing Voter Project, where we visited online with six Obama-Trump voters and three Romney-Clinton voters. 

Have you noticed consistent trends in each month’s SVP report? You’ll want to read this month’s findings—there’s been a shift. 

Trump’s support among these swing voters has fallen

 

      • The country is in chaos, and he’s not bringing order, he’s bringing more conflict.
      • They’re still not crazy about Biden. But they’re more willing to give him a chance.
      • How are they feeling in general? No surprise here—anxious, depressed, frustrated, fearful.

 

      • They’re horrified about George Floyd’s death, and they’re supportive of the initial protests; but they think the protests have made their point. And protest violence is causing more division. They want it to stop.
      • They oppose defunding the police, and if Biden supports those efforts, he’ll lose many of their votes.
      • They want a national conversation about race, but they don’t want politicians to lead it.

 

Our entire year has been taken away from us,” they said, with the prohibitions on weddings, funerals, and other public gatherings. Meanwhile, thousands are allowed to crowd together for protests. They want consistent pandemic gathering rules.

 

Like we said, you’re going to want to read the whole thing

 

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Trump’s Support Among These Swing Voters Has Fallen https://engagious.com/trumps-support-among-swing-voters-has-fallen/ https://engagious.com/trumps-support-among-swing-voters-has-fallen/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:02:42 +0000 https://engagious.com/?p=22522 Engagious traveled, virtually, to Erie, PA, for June’s Swing Voter Project, where we visited online with six Obama-Trump voters and three Romney-Clinton voters. 

Have you noticed consistent trends in each month’s SVP report? You’ll want to read this month’s findings—there’s been a shift. 

Trump’s support among these swing voters has fallen

 

      • The country is in chaos, and he’s not bringing order, he’s bringing more conflict.
      • They’re still not crazy about Biden. But they’re more willing to give him a chance.
      • How are they feeling in general? No surprise here—anxious, depressed, frustrated, fearful.

 

      • They’re horrified about George Floyd’s death, and they’re supportive of the initial protests; but they think the protests have made their point. And protest violence is causing more division. They want it to stop.
      • They oppose defunding the police, and if Biden supports those efforts, he’ll lose many of their votes.
      • They want a national conversation about race, but they don’t want politicians to lead it.

 

Our entire year has been taken away from us,” they said, with the prohibitions on weddings, funerals, and other public gatherings. Meanwhile, thousands are allowed to crowd together for protests. They want consistent pandemic gathering rules.

 

Like we said, you’re going to want to read the whole thing

 

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