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- From: 0005096370@MCIMAIL.COM (Henry James Bicycles Inc)
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- Subject: Elections
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- Date: 8 Nov 92 21:33:00 GMT
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- [From Hank Folson (921108)]
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- I am fascinated by the opportunity to compare & contrast S-R (Stimulus-
- Response) and PCT interpretations of the elections. One example: Ross Perot
- spends $60,000,000 on his campaign and gets 19% of the vote. S-R
- interpretation (taken from the news media): PerotUs campaign/money/ads
- "stimulated" one in 5 voters to "respond" with Perot votes. PCT
- interpretation: 1 in 5 voters had large error signals with Republicans/Bush
- and Democrats/Clinton. PerotUs personality/policies/ads matched their
- reference levels better so they voted for Perot.
-
- How will the political parties, the media, the large corporations interpret
- the meaning of this vote? It seems to me that if they accept the S-R view,
- they will discount the meaning of the Perot vote. They will feel that the
- problem is simply one person, Perot,"stimulating " those voters. If they
- don't like what happened,they will concentrate on doing something to
- counteract Perot's future "stimulations". They will consider those who
- voted only in terms of their responses to future stimulations. If they take
- the PCT view that these voters were controlling to reduce error signals,
- they will look at Perot only in terms of how his campaign was perceived by
- these voters. The actions of the politicians, media and corporations will be
- different depending on which philosophy they follow, and their success in
- achieving what they want will be different, too!
-
- Do any other examples of different S-R vs. PCT interpretations and
- consequences come to mind?
-
- There was some prediction of our political future in earlier posts. How can
- we begin to make any predictions unless we have some awareness of the
- settings of the reference levels of the higher levels of our politicians?
-
- Hank Folson (non-voting Resident Alien)
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- Hank Folson, Henry James Bicycles, Inc.
- 704 Elvira Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
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