On this closing day of the last FEC filing period before the election, let me make my closing argument for funding lesser-known House races as the most effective use of people's political money right now.
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Finally, every red-leaning district is a political laboratory for tactics that defeat white ethnic nationalism. If we can overperform in tough races, that's a valuable political lesson learned. If we underperform for lack of money, all we learn is that we didn't have enough money
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Dollars go *really far* in the kinds of districts we're fundraising for. In many of those districts, we have polling in hand showing that the candidate can win independent votes if those voters hear a short description of their position. It's a race to reach those voters in time
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To put it in concrete terms, we know that an additional $100-$200K in October raised for those campaigns, enough to buy some TV ad time, could make the difference and score an upset victory. We should be pushing for victories wherever we can get them, even if it's at steep odds
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Finally, none of the candidates should be fundraising in October. Every hour they spend on the phones or at fundraisers is one less hour they have to reach voters. The Great Slate is not an effort to buy elections—it's an effort to buy candidates time.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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