How to Win an Election | Op-Docs

I'm running for office in 2024

Imagine how well this applies to a school election

You should have regrets over Bush!!! Weapons of mass destruction 🤦🏼‍♀️

I feel like Trump won by taking a page directly from the playbook that made George Bush the President, only instead of Al Qaida being the enemy this time it was Obama, Clintons and the “deep state”. Trump’s policy was to just undo whatever law Obama passed, like the Obama care, and to build a wall on the south border. These policies are just stupid and no wonder he lost the popular vote by more than 3m votes.

I see another parallel between Bush and Trump in that they were carefully presented as the “men of the people” who always speak what’s on their mind and are “authentic”. People really fell for that and decided to vote based on this alone. They really fell for the propaganda that a billionaire and power family like the Bushes are somehow just like ordinary working class people. This is the power of propaganda.

Litton had the stories to become president and both Bushes would have lost if that man had lived to be 40.

I truly wish to be governor of my home Puerto Rico, I’ve been reading a whole bunch of books about history, politics, philosophy, military, economics, sociology, and psychology, I’m preparing greatly, and I’m only 14 years old.

Americans liked George Bush Jr. because he was as stupid as they were.

Liberals brainwash the naive thats how they win...

So he helped get bush elected and reelected but the state of modern politics is just too much? Gimme a break

how we let this fool Trump become elected

The thing is, it’s true.

This needed to be at least an hour long documentary. This was interesting.

He has very sad eyes. I guess all those decades as campaign strategist, he had seen too much and has too many regrets in his life.

so resourceful.

Policy was mentioned 0 times during this. Very telling.

one of the serious short-comings of representative democracy

His comments about being uncomfortable opposing Obama was very refreshing. It's scary that a "story" convinces people to act in ways harmful to themselves -- I guess that's the power behind product advertising also (COUGH.. cigarettes). The truth about 2016 was that the Republicans told a story that convinced enough people to vote for Trump, and the Democrats failed to do the same for Clinton. The popular vote wasn't enough. Hillary needed the electoral collage and her campaign didn't deliver. That's why voter turnout is crucial to counteracting the massive ad campaigns. Sitting at home in protest is pretty much the same as voting for the winner.

Why would you decide to support a campaign you don't agree with, just because you "like the storytelling?" The job of government is way more important than the ability of politicians to tell stories...

94% out campaign's with more funds wins

I am deputy secretary general to the united nation not because of my political skills, campaign or any of that because I bet there are a lot of people who had better political experience than myself but simply because I have what most unsuccessful politicians don't have "spiritual backing". If you don't have a spiritual backing then forget it, you will never be successful in politics

*LOL, a story, what's this? A novel? Another f**king manipulative media strategist who charge a lot of money for a simple message . As you said, "to play on people's emotions and things that they worry the most.*

But ideology is all about building a narrative, too.

The New York Times is an unashamedly biased source, moving on.

World will be better without USA

How to spit on your lawn .

TRUMP2016

bernie for the win

great video, can anybody tell me the music:)

What a vile, pretentious, disgusting little person this clown is. But do you need any further proof it's just not a democracy and the campaign are run by people who also sell you toothpaste?

The last thing a Democrat wants is that a Bush promoter tells us what is democracy
You are still responsible for what you have done

Cheating also helps..

aaaaaand this is why one should strive to cast a vote guided by intellect instead of some fuzzy feeling

plot twist: so this guy does have a moral compass after all.

i expect more from NYT honestly i have better political incites then this.

His statements at the end make me think he thinks Bernie has the better story.

So the victim is democracy, the threat is political storytelling, the resolution is to question everything and the hero is you. Great storytelling.

Did you help him steal the election the first time. Times change and it's not Jeb,s turn a you guys think. Bush is like Coors, two is plenty.

From the comments it seemed this would be an amazing piece. What we got instead was information that majority of people already know, "story telling is immensely powerful." Ok? That's pretty obvious, and throughout history candidates have positioned their story and stance. In short, this is nothing new, I had high expectations.

And that folks is how we are led to do their bidding.

So your the one to blame for the 8 shitty years of George Bush?

chilling

At some point I thought I was watching a conspiracy theory piece from one of my favorite truther channels lol.

So this was the guy that f'ed us?

George Saunders gets a thank you credit?

I wish to see more of this. The unseen side of politics, not favoring one side.

The single best video I've seen at least this year. Fabulously filmed, outstanding content. Thanks NYT