A thread on how record fundraising has crippled a bunch of Democratic campaigns, which also ties in to people's question "can candidates do anything useful with donations a week before the election?" TL;DR no one can afford to pay for pre-reserved ad time because of Senate races
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This is also happening in a pandemic year, when candidates have to lean especially hard on digital, radio, and TV ads in lieu of other strategies for turning out voters. The more money the marquee races get, the less buying power there is further down the ballot
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Because post-Ginsburg political giving has been so concentrated, it's driving an internecine bidding war that just captures value for the media companies. And campaign finance laws make it impossible to redistribute the money in more useful ways across campaigns
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Two weeks ago I saw huge fundraising numbers for the campaigns I fundraise for on the Great Slate, and thought we were all set. But it turns out no one can even cover the costs of the pre-election ad space they reserved, since it's gone up 5x-10x in price.
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The ads are good! They're good in part because your generous support made it possible to run a real campaign in places that have traditionally been ignored, and where we now have a real chance to win. Check out this one from Alyse Galvinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meqHju0bFFg …
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The problem is, we have to get them in front of people this week, and that takes more money. Right now I'm funneling all I can to ME-2, Alaska, and Iowa, where I think it has the most impact. If you can still help, please dig deep and get us over the linehttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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