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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:How do we get more AOCs? What was her strategy? How did she knock down a huge incumbent Democrat? Just canvass non-stop? We get more AOC's by not giving up and catching them while they are sleeping. Her strat was constituent work, canvassing, and phone banking. But most of all...she was underestimated by her opponent and she started campaigning early. If you want to get involved, Mckayla Wilkes is primarying Steny Hoyer. A real lovely rep who needs to gtfo.
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:Wasn’t Bullock thinking fo running for POTUS in ‘16? What happened. I don't think he was considering in '16, but he did run in '20. Never got above 1% in the polls, never got much media attention, pulled out before Iowa.
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:How do we get more AOCs? What was her strategy? How did she knock down a huge incumbent Democrat? Just canvass non-stop? Primary people in safe D seats instead of swing seats.
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Badger of Basra posted:Primary people in safe D seats instead of swing seats. This is huge. Some people never get challenged, or haven’t been challenged in years. It creates a perception of permanence and invincibility/“the way things have always been”. It’s like how the conversation about healthcare has gotten so much more direct and dire in the last few years, post-Obamacare and then post-saving Obamacare, and now with the fight for M4A having gone mainstream. Ten years ago people didn’t openly talk about their medical needs and financial burdens in the way they do now. You hit a tipping point and then the ‘big pink elephant in the room’ becomes a platform/talking point.
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Paracaidas posted:Also, Yep. This is what happened to Eric Cantor; his district got steadily gerrymandered to stave off demographic shift and he didn't pay attention as his primary electorate became more and more frothing. He spent so much time embedded in establishment power politics that he didn't put in the legwork, figured his voters would forgive a vote or two for extremely lukewarm immigration reform in the name of gutting social services just as they always had, and paid the price when they came for his head. There are solidly Democratic districts that have changed similarly, where the incumbents won their first primaries decades ago in a completely different urban-suburban landscape. Now, Cantor was a very high profile head; most of the Tea Party's scalps weren't nearly as powerful or well-funded, especially after they got spooked by Brat winning. You've got to get lucky, and have a really good candidate, to take down a Crowley. But it can be done, and most of the potential primary targets aren't nearly so resourced. Even now they're paying attention, there isn't enough establishment money to dump on all of them, and if an incumbent has truly lost touch, a challenger who speaks to the district and its primary voters can pull off an upset. That happened in my state Senate district; our mediocre incumbent was comfortable and found herself ousted by a smooth talking rear end in a top hat, but one who knew the district and its people and was willing to speak to their real problems. You don't have to be Joe Morrissey to use that playbook.
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https://www.mckayla2020.com/ I suppose it's about time I drop this here! The primary for Mckayla Wilkes V Hoyer is in April. We are in the home stretch to unseat a big power player in the Establishment Dems hegemony. Make it so goons!
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:How do we get more AOCs? What was her strategy? How did she knock down a huge incumbent Democrat? Just canvass non-stop? My go-to example here is Danica Roem in Virginia who unseated a conservative Bible thumper. She had a simple platform (Fix the traffic on route 28!), and pounded a lot of pavement meeting people in her district. That's how you do it.
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TURGID TOMFOOLERY posted:Wasn’t Bullock thinking fo running for POTUS in ‘16? What happened. He announced, but got lost in the crowd. A bunch of people said he should run for Senate instead and he eventually bowed out of the presidential primary late last year. Admittedly, Bullock seems to have gotten out relatively gracefully without pissing anyone off.
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Presto posted:My go-to example here is Danica Roem in Virginia who unseated a conservative Bible thumper. She had a simple platform (Fix the traffic on route 28!), and pounded a lot of pavement meeting people in her district. That's how you do it. I pounded the payment with her! Danica Roem is the loving best
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Speaking of Virginia, how did Lee Carter actually happen? He unseated a member of Republican leadership running as a socialist. Did he run hard on worker's comp, was it just a district that was secretly very amenable to socialism? What happened there?
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King of Solomon posted:Speaking of Virginia, how did Lee Carter actually happen? He unseated a member of Republican leadership running as a socialist. Did he run hard on worker's comp, was it just a district that was secretly very amenable to socialism? What happened there? Good ground game and being the Democrat in a state race one year after Trump happened. Energized bases are beautiful things. Also, he does a fantastic stump speech to blue collar workers; he can get into details about his life as an electrical worker
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I'm a thirty-three year old loser in central Wyoming that lives at home. Do I dare run for the state congress? My opponents will be a Republican that never campaigns and a libertarian candidate I graduated high school with that campaigned like hell in 2018 and barely lost. The filing deadline is 29 May and a $25 application fee. I probably won't have to fight through a primary.
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Star Man posted:I'm a thirty-three year old loser in central Wyoming that lives at home. Do I dare run for the state congress? My opponents will be a Republican that never campaigns and a libertarian candidate I graduated high school with that campaigned like hell in 2018 and barely lost. The filing deadline is 29 May and a $25 application fee. I probably won't have to fight through a primary. If you like running around shmoozing and meeting lots of people, and then trying to inspire them to give you money, you could do well. Don't do it if you don't want to do the work, either to get elected or the job you're running for.
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Deteriorata posted:If you like running around shmoozing and meeting lots of people, and then trying to inspire them to give you money, you could do well. Don't do it if you don't want to do the work, either to get elected or the job you're running for. Who teaches you how to do this? The schmoozing, I mean. I'm in NYC and considering a run in the future, but just don't know where to begin.
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Deteriorata posted:If you like running around shmoozing and meeting lots of people, and then trying to inspire them to give you money, you could do well. Don't do it if you don't want to do the work, either to get elected or the job you're running for. I am about to start a job as a mail processing clerk at the Post Office, so I better be clear on rules related to campaigning. Too bad my broke rear end needs that job more.
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Is Biden about to cripple our downballot this election? Or will the tide of recession and pandemic negate this?
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Grouchio posted:Is Biden about to cripple our downballot this election? Or will the tide of recession and pandemic negate this? Probably not with how motivated everyone is regardless. And the recession coming will have people flying to the polls
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Grouchio posted:Is Biden about to cripple our downballot this election? Or will the tide of recession and pandemic negate this? Some vulnerable moderate House Democrats who scraped by in conservative areas in 2018 will probably be hard pressed with Trump on the ballot regardless of the nominee, though guys like Conor Lamb are probably in an ok position. The only thing I know is that is that I've spent entirely too much time online to understand the American voter. I'll have to hit up the next local party fish fry.
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Grouchio posted:Is Biden about to cripple our downballot this election? Or will the tide of recession and pandemic negate this? Nothing short of cancelled elections/coronvirus turning into the 1918 epidemic is going to keep people from turning out to have their say against Trump in the fall. Downballot will see a surge. Question remains as to just how much of one.
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I got pretty doom and gloom after Ralph Northam beat the progressive in the Virginia Primary back in 2017, especially when he kept putting his foot in his mouth in the general. Never thought he'd be rubber stamping Lee Carter's legislation a couple years later. Virginia's example keeps me trucking in the hellscape of Indiana.
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https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1240093023423418369?s=20 Not looking good for Lipinski. Eat poo poo Pelosi.
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Ballz posted:That’s a safe D district in the general, right? D+6
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Ballz posted:That’s a safe D district in the general, right? The GOP don't run candidates because no one wants to be the sacrificial lamb, so this literal Nazi wins their primary. Then the Republicans vote for the Nazi anyway instead of the blue dog.
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That's the stuff right there. If we can't get a Bernie (yet) then you continue building the progressive ranks in congress and elsewhere. Take over the party from the inside, or at the very least grow the left voice and bloc. Also increase the depth of the bench.
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https://twitter.com/governorva/status/1249083816788008972?s=21 Northam has been spending the day signing into law all the progressive bills the General Assembly passed. Kind of a shame he’ll still always be remembered for the blackface photo in his college yearbook.
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Ballz posted:https://twitter.com/governorva/status/1249083816788008972?s=21 If he hadn't been caught doing that photo, though, he may never have been as cooperative. The guy was obviously eyeing national office and was likely going to tack a bit right as a result. Ego-bot posted:https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1249846755660832774?s=20 Holy poo poo!
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Brony Car posted:If he hadn't been caught doing that photo, though, he may never have been as cooperative. The guy was obviously eyeing national office and was likely going to tack a bit right as a result. Reposting from a few pages back, but this article really spells out how the blackface scandal ultimately became a huge positive for progressive causes in Virginia: https://twitter.com/khafner15/status/1223275734208262150 Northam is still endlessly mocked online, but the proof is in the legislative pudding. Aside from right-to-work shittiness, he really helped set the agenda and led Virginia to where it is today. And there's still more that can be done. The biggest uncertainty these days is just the long-term effects the pandemic and shutdown will have. Speaking of pandemics, kudos to Wisconsin for showing up on election day. My joy is only tempered in knowing that a lot of people will needlessly get sick and more than a few will die because of the GOP and Supreme Court's actions.
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Dick Trauma posted:https://twitter.com/BrianSimsPA/status/1265787518974377991 Holy gently caress. This scandal could effect REAL change in PA. https://twitter.com/StephenJ_Caruso/status/1265791848913797120 State Dem sratement on it https://twitter.com/RepKevinBoyle/status/1265802791873896448?s=20 Annnnnnnnnnd there is missing video footage so we are likely looking at some sort of coverup.
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Are there any swing states that aren't looking long-term dismal right now?
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friendbot2000 posted:Holy gently caress. This scandal could effect REAL change in PA. Yeah gently caress this goddamn.
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US State and Local 2020: “I hope there is nothing you are covering up!”
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Grouchio posted:Are there any swing states that aren't looking long-term dismal right now? .... Yes?
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Star Man posted:I'm a thirty-three year old loser in central Wyoming that lives at home. Do I dare run for the state congress? My opponents will be a Republican that never campaigns and a libertarian candidate I graduated high school with that campaigned like hell in 2018 and barely lost. The filing deadline is 29 May and a $25 application fee. I probably won't have to fight through a primary. Did you register in the end?
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