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Does anyone with experience or insight know if throwing ten bucks to this guy will help him in the election? I have no idea, maybe he already has enough money to run all the ads he needs and now he just needs door knockers. I'd like to help.
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Jose posted:lol at being so lazy and incompetent you don't even contest a seat even if its unlikely to be a win It's such terrible strategy. They should learn some lessons from the advertising world. Unlikely (or impossible) to win seats are the best chance the DNC has to run on 100% pure undiluted messaging: we care about people and we have a plan for prosperity and safety. The Republicans will cut the good things out of your life. They won't win the election but they'll win a few hearts and minds in every district and that goes a long way towards building a national brand.
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Just thinking about it gets me worked up. The Dems need to nominate a 65-year old funny, gruff, charismatic war veteran (or the relevant equivalent) in every single one of those districts. Political experience? Familiarity with the system? Fundraising potential? Who gives a poo poo. People are shallow. Branding and identity matter. Your candidate won't win, but people will have a new identity to associate with your party. Make some silly old man jokes on Twitter/Youtube and call the Republicans a bunch of carpetbagging greedy bosses. Represent. Maybe I should apply for a job at the DNC. I don't know what the gently caress kind of strategists they're hiring. the black husserl has issued a correction as of 22:31 on Apr 4, 2017 |
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Concerned Citizen posted:it's not novel, recruiting a viable candidate is just really difficult. like most people can't take a year of their lives off to go campaign for a congressional seat they're definitely going to lose. See, that's thinking based in a pre-internet age. They don't need to "campaign" for a year. They need an intern with a camera, a Twitter/Youtube account, and a loving personality. That's it. It's about building a national brand, not turning the liberal 20% of nowheresville, MO into a winning majority. quote:Democrats absolutely need to play offense in more Republican areas, but going into those +20-30 and spending any money running a candidate just for the sake of contesting every election is insane. Focus on getting good candidates in solid red but winnable districts. What makes you think you need to spend any money at all to build a presence in people's minds? I know 13 year olds with youtube channels who do it for zero bucks. "Zero budget" is a terrible excuse for not launching a campaign of ANY sort in 2017. The tools are all free now. the black husserl has issued a correction as of 03:00 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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Concerned Citizen posted:what % of people in a district do you think read twitter or youtube? like virtually 0, even in this brave internet age. if you want to reach voters, you have to spend money. if you want money, you have to do stuff and prove you are actually going to put up a real campaign instead of a vanity operation. Obviously this line of discussion is purely academic because none of us are the DNC but let's do it anyway, it's fun. You're off about internet usage and frankly it's weird to have the opinion "the internet doesn't matter in political messaging" in the age of Trump and Twitter. 80+ percent of the population uses the internet and the remaining percentage might as well because national online media now drives local offline media completely. The local news station? It's 100% influenced by what's happening on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube.....and it doesn't care if the online sensation is driven by clicks from Sweden or Mississippi, as long as its relevant to their locality. It's not about making snarky tweets. It's about "wow, this salty ol' Vietnam vet in bumfuck Alabama is calling Trump a warmongering rear end in a top hat! And he's running for the local house seat as a democrat!! Watch this Facebook video of him really giving it to them!!" It becomes a minor online sensation (200,00 viewcount, not hard to achieve with this type of content) and then you know what happens? It gets featured on the local news. And suddenly the liberal 20% and independent 5% of the county are charged up and ready to fight because they actually have a candidate/brand representing them. Yeah, you don't win the house election but you do better than you should have and the tide starts to shift, especially for the nationwide election. You do not have to spend money to reach voters. Trump should have taught us all that. You probably have to spend money to win. But we're not trying to win these elections, we're trying to get our names out there. the black husserl has issued a correction as of 03:38 on Apr 5, 2017 |
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