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My work's been having internal discussions on the following question. 

Do we begin to advocate for the policies that the majority of voters want/voted for even if it destroys historic social programs. I'm in the yes camp but interested to hear your thoughts.

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Voters overwhelmingly voted against their interests this cycle. These policies are not actually what they want - it’s an issue of not being properly informed due to overwhelming amounts of misinformation. Advocacy should take this into account first and foremost.

Super tough. Not a problem unique to the US either.

The discussion is more around the child tax credit vs programs like child care subisdy, SNAP "food stamps" and other defined programs. 

But that's a good point. It's a tough balance to understand what people want when they don't fully understand the policy.

If I was trying to convert Trump voters into Democrats I would never mention anything close to the idea of misinformation.

That attitude is exactly the kind of thing they voted against, and if they hear anything like that, they’ll immediately tune out any other message you have that they might actually agree with