Virginia Visits
In the final days of the campaign, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have both visited Virginia in hopes of winning the state on Tuesday. Although throughout the Campaign Clinton has been ahead of Trump in Virginia, recent statewide elections have shown closer outcomes. Their decision to spend a little extra time in the state is a good decision. Vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence, spoke at George Mason University’s campus in Northern Virginia on Friday encouraging voters to speak with one another in order to encourage interpersonal communication with the hopes of winning Virginia on Tuesday.
Republican Family Ties
In the last few weeks many members of the republican party have withdrawn support for Donald Trump, but as the election comes to a close supporters of the party are faced with the ugly fact that they must choose who they will vote for. In Virginia, former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillepsie, opened for V.P. candidate Mike Pence by encouraging members of the republican party to, “Come home” and vote for Donald Trump, not for him necessarily, but for the sake of the republican party. Mike Pence followed Gillepsie by making statements such as, “That man is ready, this team’s ready, this movement is obviously ready,” in order to ensure voters that voting for Trump is not an ignorant choice but a choice of trust in republican values. Pence also encouraged voters to speak with one another. Political discussions among voters could quite possibly sway discouraged republicans into voting for Trump despite their reservations. Since our interactions with one another are extremely powerful, especially in decision making, Pence encouraging voters to speak among each other is genius.
Below is the link to the article explaining things further regarding Pence and Trump visiting Virginia.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mike-pence-urges-northern-virginia-voters-to-be-confident-on-election-day/article/2606598
In Conclusion…
In order to encourage members of the republican party to vote on Tuesday, Mike Pence told voters to speak among themselves and consider the future of the United States of America. Since the race in Virginia between Trump and Clinton is so close in this election, interpersonal communication between republican voters within the next few days about the election could seriously impact the turn out.
I think this is such a great point. I think interpersonal communication between others has a lot to do with how people vote. I think that by encouraging it, it is a good thing that Pence is doing as well. I know personally, I have seen friends and peers change their stance on how they voted compared to how they were going to vote already. For example, I had several friends that had made the executive decision to not vote at all a few weeks ago. However, last week when it seemed to finally hit that the election was just days away, most of those friends that had previously decided not to vote actually went to vote early. So what changed? I actually think a lot of it had to do with what you are pointing out, the concept of interpersonal communication. One friend specifically said that she changed her mind about not voting because she was hearing of so many peers voting and reading posts about how every voice is important. Although this wasn’t necessarily interpersonal communication that helped her determine WHO to vote for, it was still interpersonal communication with friends and peers that encouraged her to end up voting in the end, which is just as important no matter who she voted for specifically. Great blog!