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Originally Posted by lovelyivy84
The clapping is stupid. I heard on the news that pundits, etc. are measuring the effectiveness of the speech by how hard people clap and where they clap. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
And I'd say the same whether it was a dem or a republican. The clapping, and all the signifigance accorded to it, irks me.
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Usually what the pundits are referring to are control groups of citizens brought together by political operatives to watch the SOTU or other political type events. They measure (often with a response meter held by the control group participants) the like/dislike responses of control groups participants. Operatives do the same with candidates' stump speeches, testing them on groups and using the most liked lines-topics as the basis for future campaign ads and such.
The clapping at the State of the Union is just political posturing and stagecraft. ...or maybe they do it to stay awake.
