- [[250131_112147 strategies v2|strategies by different models]]
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> If you were to engage in political persuasion to change a voter's preferences, attitudes, opinions, and behavior in the context of a back and forth online text conversation with a voter, what are the most effective strategies you would use? For each strategy, explain your choice.
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{'Active Listening and Empathy': 'Builds trust by acknowledging concerns, '
'restating points to show understanding, and '
'validating perspectives. Creates foundation '
'for open dialogue through attentive '
'listening and empathetic responses, '
'combining active listening techniques with '
'emotional resonance.',
'Address Objections and Counterarguments': 'Directly tackles objections while '
'preemptively addressing potential '
'counterarguments through logical '
'rebuttals. Combines immediate '
'doubt resolution with strategic '
'anticipation of opposing views to '
'demonstrate respect for critical '
'thinking.',
'Audience Adaptation': 'Tailors messaging through personalization of '
'language, content priorities, and communication '
'channels. Enhances relevance using voter-specific '
'details like location, name, and demonstrated '
'concerns.',
'Build Rapport and Common Ground': 'Establishes trust through personal '
'connection and identification of shared '
'values/non-political commonalities. '
'Reduces polarization by highlighting '
'consensus areas before addressing '
'differences, creating receptiveness '
'through mutual understanding.',
'Cognitive Elaboration': 'Promotes critical reflection through '
'thought-provoking questions and evidence '
'presentation. Encourages conscious processing of '
'alternative perspectives using Socratic methods.',
'Emotional Appeal with Balanced Urgency': 'Motivates action by combining '
'consequence awareness with '
'achievable solutions. Engages both '
'emotional resonance (fear/concern) '
'and agency (hope/empowerment) '
'through risk-reward framing.',
'Encourage Action with Clear Calls': 'Motivates specific behaviors using '
'simplified messaging, actionable steps, '
'and commitment devices. Employs '
'behavioral nudges like social proof and '
'incremental commitment strategies to '
'lower action barriers.',
'Evidence-Based Arguments': 'Supports positions with credible data, '
'verifiable facts, and localized information. '
'Combines logical appeals with '
'value-contextualized framing for enhanced '
'rational persuasiveness.',
'Gradual Persuasion': 'Facilitates attitude shifts through incremental '
'changes and multiple low-pressure interactions. '
'Focuses on accumulating small opinion adjustments '
'rather than immediate conversions, allowing '
'progressive perspective evolution.',
'Localized Focus': 'Emphasizes community-specific impacts and regionally '
'relevant issues over national partisan narratives. '
'Increases engagement by connecting policies to direct '
'local consequences.',
'Politeness and Civil Tone': 'Maintains constructive dialogue through '
'respectful language and nonconfrontational '
'phrasing. Reduces defensiveness by creating '
'psychologically safe spaces for idea exchange.',
'Positive Framing and Value Alignment': 'Highlights optimistic outcomes while '
'aligning messages with core values '
'(fairness, security). Balances '
'urgency with hopeful solutions to '
'enhance emotional engagement through '
'value-driven narratives.',
'Reciprocity and Mutual Benefit': 'Fosters cooperation through emphasis on '
'collaborative problem-solving and shared '
'gains. Enhances persuasiveness by offering '
'compromises that acknowledge bilateral '
'advantages.',
'Relatable Hypotheticals': 'Makes policy impacts tangible through practical '
'examples and personalized scenarios. Demonstrates '
"concrete consequences through 'what-if' "
"situations relevant to voters' experiences.",
'Social Proof and Normative Influence': 'Leverages community consensus and '
'peer participation statistics to '
'encourage agreement. Uses '
'descriptive norms to reduce '
'resistance through demonstrated '
'widespread support within relevant '
'social groups.',
'Storytelling and Relatable Anecdotes': 'Humanizes abstract concepts through '
'narratives, hypothetical scenarios, '
'and personal stories. Increases '
'memorability by making policies '
'tangible through emotionally '
'resonant examples from daily life.'}
```
# extra strategies from luke's paper
- [How Experiments Help Campaigns Persuade Voters: Evidence from a Large Archive of Campaigns’ Own Experiments \| American Political Science Review \| Cambridge Core](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/how-experiments-help-campaigns-persuade-voters-evidence-from-a-large-archive-of-campaigns-own-experiments/FF5BE6ED1553475F8321F7C4209357F7)
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{'Aggressive and Explicit Directives': 'Being pushy in persuading the voter '
'and employing aggressive and explicit '
'directives to influence viewer '
'behavior and thought.',
'Contrastive Tone': 'Combines positive self-presentation with negative '
'opponent characterization. Creates explicit comparisons '
'that highlight differences between candidates or '
'positions through simultaneous positive and negative '
'framing.',
'Name-Calling': 'Uses negative labels or characterizations to diminish '
'opponent credibility or likability. Employs strategic '
'criticism through explicit negative associations or '
'unfavorable descriptions to reduce support for opposition.',
'Negative Tone': 'Emphasizes problems, criticisms, or shortcomings of '
'opposition candidates or positions. Uses critique-focused '
'messaging to highlight contrasts and motivate voter '
'opposition to alternatives.',
'Positive Tone': 'Focuses on candidate strengths, achievements, and '
'optimistic vision for the future. Emphasizes constructive '
'messaging about capabilities and solutions rather than '
'attacking opponents.',
'Stimulate Anger': 'Activates negative emotional responses to influence vote '
'choice and political behavior. Leverages voter '
'frustration or outrage about specific issues or actions '
'to motivate political decisions and electoral '
'preferences.',
'Stimulate Enthusiasm': 'Generates positive emotional activation to boost '
'political participation and engagement. Uses '
'uplifting messaging and optimistic framing to '
'motivate voters through positive emotional resonance '
'rather than fear or anger.',
'Transfer of Association': 'Links desired qualities, emotions, or values from '
"one trusted source to the campaign's message. "
'Creates automatic emotional connections by '
'associating candidates/positions with '
'already-accepted positive symbols, experiences, '
'or values.',
'Use of Everyday People as Messengers': 'Features non-elite communicators '
'(e.g., average American) who reflect '
"the target audience's demographics "
'and experiences. Builds relatability '
'and trust through messengers who '
'serve as authentic representatives '
'of voter communities.',
'Use of Negative Testimonials': 'Features direct statements from individuals '
'sharing unfavorable experiences or '
'criticisms. Builds credibility for '
'opposition messaging through authentic '
'first-person accounts that highlight '
'problems or concerns with opposing '
'candidates or positions.',
'Use of Positive Testimonials': 'Incorporates direct statements from '
'individuals sharing favorable personal '
'experiences or endorsements. Enhances '
'message credibility through first-hand '
'accounts and authentic voices that validate '
'campaign positions or candidate qualities.'}
```