cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22241305

Jessica Corbett
Nov 06, 2024

“While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change,” said the Vermont Independent. “And they’re right.”

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    5 hours ago

    A reminder that the Harris campaign raised a mind-boggling amount of money this election cycle. They significantly outraised the Trump campaign (and lets face it, Trump was likely skimming off the top of whatever his campaign did raise.) What good did it do? Where did it all go?

    https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race

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        4 hours ago

        Right, but with that much money they could have paid for Ubers for all of their missing voters in PA/MI/WI to get to the polls, and possibly nationwide. I thought they said they had a superior GOTV operation. Where did the vote go?

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          3 hours ago

          It also turns out, courting your opponents base isn’t as helpful as rallying your own.

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            No,I reject that argument. It’s not a zero sum game. There is no reason why the Democrats couldn’t be the party for everyone.