But not like wimmin are held to a different standard then mens or anything like that…
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Hate to disagree, but it’s not the policies. Most voters, much less low-engagement voters, have no idea or interest in policy. If only! Progressives would stomp everybody if policies won elections.
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Sanders lost badly.
I liked him - but he was a loser nationally. And definitely had problems with important segments of the Democratic base. POC in particular.
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I’d argue it’s still about policy, but most people only engage with the end product. Trump was able to use a particular narrative about how his policies would improve the lives of his voters. Other than some very vague promises, he did not talk about the brasstacks of policy. Harris did much more of that, but never really found a way to sell it successfully.
So, yes, I think you’re correct about most voters not caring about policy, but Trump sold his policies none-the-less (on a massive bed of lies, of course). Harris did not, and also made vague statements to sell her policies that were not interesting and exciting to people who (frankly speaking) can’t spend time figuring out who to vote for and why…
So maybe it’s the lack of narrative that illustrate the end results of the policy that is the part that needs to be addressed. Bernie works because he knows how to communicate his preferred policy positions in a relatable way.
People keep forgetting that. Everyone keeps wanting to blame Clinton for stealing it and the DNC for putting their thumbs on the scales (which I think there is something to that, perhaps), but the reality is that he did have issues reaching Black voters…
FD Signifier did a video on this recently… turns out it was 2 videos…
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Anyone else seen this? Maybe I missed it. Maybe a good resource for anyone in Georgia
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According to an email obtained by Hell Gate, Ricky Sandler, the head of Eminence Capital, wants to kickstart a super PAC to take down the Democratic nominee and “improve the image of Eric Adams.”
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Maybe he can get Trump to pardon him. Instead of just keeping him on a short leash.
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Zohran didn’t win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate.
I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here’s how we won
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In other words, the key is getting people who have not or do not vote…
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That are part of your base.
Not chasing “swing voters”.
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Exactly…
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- The National Republican Senatorial Committee says Apple’s iOS 26, which is slated to be released in September, could cost them tens of millions of dollars in lost fundraising and also impact get-out-the-vote organizing opportunities.
(Before you get excited, keep reading)
- The reason: iOS 26 includes significant message filtering features, so texts from political campaigns and committees will get filtered out into an unknown folder.
It’s fair to say Democratic committees and candidates will be impacted by this too.
- The NRSC says 70% of small-dollar donations come from text messages now, so this could end up costing the GOP over $500 million in lost fundraising.
Via Punchbowl News
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I get at least so many unsolicited political spam calls each day that I accidentally denied a call from my dentist last week.
So to the polical fundraisers:
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HCR explained the Texas shenanigans well last night:
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