New polling shows a majority of people don’t know who’s responsible for the financial aid that came from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan – legislation that received zero Republican support. Politico’s Sam Stein and ASO founder Anat Shenker-Osorio join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how Democrats can better communicate all they’re doing to improve the lives of their constituents.
Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio, author of “Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy,” describes how to best influence public opinion. Citing her research on causes such as abortion rights and gay marriage, she argues that the most effective way to change minds is not through the traditional “anger, hope, action” model, but instead to establish shared values with political opponents and then to present the problems that threaten those values along with potential solutions. Shenker-Osorio engages in this fascinating discussion with civil rights attorney Jonathan Stein, a fellow alum of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
