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How about actually listening to their base ? Whatever happened to that ideal. No, we gotta listen to some poli sci centrist dipshit's ideas about what they think is revolutionary when they'd never stick their neck out for the greater good. What a disgrace.

Y'all spent a decade dispatching reporters to the diners of the mysterious continental interior in search of Trump voters. Could you maybe spend a couple of weeks coming to flyover country to talk to real Democrats?

It's not rocket science. Dems need to learn to go to where folks really are (irl & online) and engage with them in a language and demeanor they understand. I'm teaching a class on podcasting politics rn and our finding over and over is "be authentic"-not a sterile, CNN-friendly robot of yourself.

The online infosphere is dominated by right leaning voices People who consume traditional news sources voted for Harris +6. People who do not voted Trump +20 We should be flooding these shows. Otherwise, a lot of voters are never even encountering our message bsky.app/profile/dark...

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Re the disconnect between policy and political views, people increasingly get their info from tiktok, the Joe Rogans of the world, etc. And this ecosystem is dominated by right leaning voices This is one of our biggest challenges and I haven't really come across good ideas/solutions

This whole "next Joe Rogan" thing is like when every last corporation decided to produce their own podcast. Every one sounded like an extended infomercial for their brand. No one listened, but PR teams counted it a win, because that was the audience.

Then who would fund the campaigns? Progressive billionaires? They compete with multi billionaire donors and PACs since Citizens United. According to SCOTUS money is political speech. So the more money the more politicians you get.

The strategy of "we're not as bad as the other guy" needs to go away and needs to be replaced with an actual message of how they're going to help us. Obama won because he ran on universal healthcare in my opinion

A modest proposal: Try listening to what the majority of Americans want out of life and work towards helping them achieve that goal. They don't want more catchy phrases (or radical cultural motivations) while maintaining allegiance to the present obscene parasitic capitalism and oligarchy paradigm.

The party already has millions of "influencers". They are called member of the democratic party especially those that contributed. Channel vital facts/analysis to the millions of party supporters. Empower them to educate their friends/family/neighbors & co-workers. You have their Email addresses.