Belief Without Salience Doesn’t Sway Votes

Polls show many voters think Epstein was murdered and even link Trump to his crimes, yet Trump’s approval stayed flat. The likely reason is low attention among persuadables: independents and nonvoters barely followed the story. Belief absent active engagement doesn’t translate into vote shifts. — It reframes scandal strategy by showing campaigns must create salience among undecideds, not just establish damning beliefs, to move electoral outcomes.