Timeline for What does the phrase "to create a new national majority" refer to?
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| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:39 | comment | added | Jarl | @WS2 I wish to thank you wholeheartedly for your patience. It's been a great help! :) | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | Dan Bron | (With that said, in this case, you're right that by changing the opinion of a majority of people in the US, Roosevelt was able to win the presidency, but the relationship is causal, not identity.) | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:30 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @Jarl No, you can't interpret it that way. It is entirely possible for someone to "create a new national majority" -- that is, change the opinions of a majority of the people of a nation -- and still fail to win an election, or in fact not be a political candidate at all. For example, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an influential figure and you could argue he changed the views of the American majority (or at least heavily influenced those changes), but he never ran for or held public office. Please separate the idea of "create a national majority" from voting/elections in your mind. | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:20 | comment | added | Jarl | Oh, thanks a lot for your informative explanations. I think you are quite right. So could I just interpret the phrase "to create a new national majority" as "to win once again in the presidential election"? | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:08 | vote | accept | Jarl | ||
| Jul 22, 2015 at 15:00 | history | answered | WS2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |