Vote vote vote. Money means nothing.
Money at least means there are people out there telling other people to vote vote vote.
Yep, I literally get paid (almost as well as my last job requiring a degree did, this just isn’t permanent) to canvas for progressive politics in a swing state.
Honestly, I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t getting paid, even though I firmly believe getting out the vote for progressives (or as close as we can manage at any rate) is important. There’s so much money being pumped into it, that I’m not willing to give my time for free. I’m not in the top 10%, so my time is actually valuable.
But getting paid means I’ve had conversations with ~200 voters in the last week, the majority of whom are voting dem up and down the ticket, even if they used to be strong republicans. Maybe it won’t help overall, but we have a GOP-sponsored referendum almost nobody has heard of, for which our org is encouraging a no vote, so if nothing else this effort may help defeat that.
(Hopefully this plug is ok, it’s not my organization, I just work with them. If not I’ll edit it out.) If anyone reading this is in the US, and interested in getting paid (well paid, and with insurance available from day 1) for canvassing work for a couple months, check out the outreach team’s website. They have open positions for various sponsored regional campaigns in lots of important areas across the US, and they hire quickly with minimal hoops to jump through. I worked with them for the 2020 election as well, and in both cases it was 2 days from interview to start date. https://www.theoutreachteam.net/
I’d pay for the privilege.
AIPAC has entered the chat
money is the grease that slides those juicy votes out of the crevices of the american electorate, especially in the primaries and extra especially if you have a special interest laser dot on your forehead.
having said that, yes… go vote.
I like the 2010 California election as an example.
Overall, it was a Tea Party election… except in California, where wealthy Republican candidates spent big on the Senate and Gubernatorial races… and lost.
It literally doesn’t matter unless the lazy ass democratic voters get out of their complacent stupor and vote.
It’s interesting the way this all gets framed. That effectively,limitless political boundary is cheerleaded. There is a subtext here that only those who can court billions with a B should or ever will be viable on a national stage.
gotta normalize this garbage. in a generation or three no one will really remember a time when it was not this.
oceania has always been at war with eurasia.
I’d be happier to hear if she’s getting a lot of small dollar donors. There’s been a lot of news about billionaires making donations and plainly demanding lower tax rates, firing Lina Khan, etc
She has been getting lots of small dollar donors. Many of the earlier headline touted figured were actually only looking at small donors. Not only that but large numbers of first time donors
From the article
But the August haul comes on the heels of largely small donors (those giving less than $200) and first-time donors contributing to Harris’ July fundraising. In the first week of her campaign, roughly two-thirds of donations came from first-time donors
She needs to start spending it. Early voting starts in 12-18 days in some states.
What about the corrupt judge and election official race?
What about the militia race?
Please spend effectively.
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