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CMV: Almost every adult has already made the decision to vote on whichever party they like the most. Only a very small minority is interested in changing their vote or political opinions.

Almost all senior citizens tend to vote in whichever party they have already decided to vote on, changing their views is almost to impossible. 

I have seen a lot of posts about Trump here and how anything he does is irrelevant and he is bulletproof but that applies to every other major politician in the US, Europe, everywhere. 

People vote don’t even tend to vote because of their political beliefs. A lot of them vote because their parents or grandparents already voted for that party or because they have family or friends that are related to a party or political group. 

It’s similar to debating to conspiracy theorists, they will move the goalposts if they have to. You can’t debate with the majority of people because they won’t change their views. 

FOR EXAMPLE: Somebody that is pro or against abortion won’t change their views because of a good argument, they will change it if they have to live through it. 

This thread isn’t about US Politics. I’m Portuguese and in the Portuguese elections the same two parties have been in power for the last 45 years. Changing from to another when thinks don’t work out. 

CMV.
gpt
The implication of what you are arguing is that political campaigning and debate is pointless. This is demonstrably untrue.

First, there is a proportionally small but very real group of swing voters who WILL change their votes based on particular policies or campaigns. How big this group is will vary depending on polity, issue, circumstance and type of election. For example, in the UK whole electoral strategies have been centred around appealing to Mondeo Man or Holby City Woman. But let's put them aside.

The real question is turnout. Elections are frequently won or lost depending on which side successfully motivates their base to get out and vote. Hence all the discussion in the UK right now about what will be the impact of a (highly unusual) winter General Election. If it's dark, cold and possibly raining that will depress turnout and reduce impact of campaigning. The specific timing will also affect whether students vote in their university towns or back home in their parents' constituencies. No-one is discussing how the weather might change voter *intentions*, but we all know old people tend to vote Tory, students Labour and poor people Labour. The question is which group's turnout will be the most negatively affected.

Yes, most people's political values can't be changed by a single debate or electoral campaign. But their strength of conviction can be, as can their view of what is strategically practical or possible. This means that their actions *can* be changed - which ultimately is more important than their opinions.