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.”
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.”
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
Turns out, votes win elections not donations
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?
It also turns out, courting your opponents base isn’t as helpful as rallying your own.
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.
Isn’t an election the definition of a zero sum game? People are either voting for you, your opponents, or not at all.
It went to a lot of automated text message spam and it was annoying as fuck
I remember this being talked about post-2016.
Basically the Democratic Party has a close relationship with their media buyers, who have a close relationship with their contacts in tv and radio station, newspaper and magazine rooms.
They do not want to cut these people loose because their jobs are at stake. Election spending keeps the lights on and keeps them employed.
The GOP shredded their version of those people after 2012 and never looked back.
Where does it go? The balance sheet should be public.
Oh you sweet summer child. Didn’t you know that the DNC and RNC are private corporations? They don’t have to show you anything and there is nothing you can do about it.
Talking ideals here not actuals. Ofc they don’t. They should. But they don’t. I’m aware we live in a political duopoly.
Because taking money from corporations and impleneting policies that they dictate, which would lead to continued mass extinctions, doesn’t win elections.