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The simple act of going out and talking to people regardless of party or location means a ton of voters are meeting a candidate in person for the first time. It is eye opening. The effort matters more than the money especially the more local the race gets.

The fact that the tactic of building an org and community is treated as cheating by so many in mainstream politics is so damning. Its such a consumer brained mentality.

After the Primaries are done here's a reality check; Republican rule #1 in how to defeat your opposition: Divide and Concur Don't fall for it.

Talk to us after November 3rd

People on twitter will be like “firebomb a walmart? That pales in comparison to my strategy of talking to voters“ and then not talk to voters.

Also, taking a page from Alt-Right: NEVER PLAY DEFENSE

bsky.app/profile/duca...

Tapping the sign

My apparently niche take is that good candidates win and bad ones lose and very little of that has to do with policy positions. (Applied here I’m optimistic in MI and skeptical in WI.)

Whaaaat? Text message spam does cut it?

👏you👏have👏to👏convince👏people👏to👏vote👏for👏you👏to👏get👏elected.

This is a topic that varies district by district. DSA ain’t winning in Texas but Talarico might. There’s isn’t merely one winning recipe here. Be a good candidate that speaks to and represents your constituents.

*Tom Nichols head exploding*

The lost art of touching grass

one of the big stories of 2024 was dems spending a billion dollars on “old-fashioned ground game” + tv ads, while the gop owned digital and won—so this might seem counterintuitive. but a), a midterm primary is not a presidential general, and b) voters still have to buy what you’re selling!

These hacks have been waiting for droves of neverTrump Republicans to vote D for a decade now, and they still have this fantasy. If only they can just get past the pesky Democrat voters, then maybe *this* time...

Yes!!!

"Electability" is the Very Serious Centrist's placeholder for the Funding > Legislator > Lobby/Consulting/Board Membership > Funding hedonic treadmill.

What if… the DSA radicals winning elections with almost no money ALSO had money! Maybe the money would actually cause more harm than good. I suppose we’ll find out eventually.

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People know energy when they see it and they will respond to it.

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"Primaries."

The good news in this case is that if Hong wins, she will not be outworked in the general. She displays a legit blue-collar work ethic in all things.