In the past few weeks, I've visited with three amazing women running as first-time candidates for Congress in largely rural districts. I have things to say about the Democratic Party
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The Democratic Party has a very narrow definition of what it considers a winnable district, and is not supporting candidates anywhere else. But their definition of "winnable" is self-fulfilling
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For many voters in rural districts, their first encounter with the Democratic candidate is seeing their name in the voting booth on Election day. That is because these operations run on a shoestring
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To be taken seriously by the Democratic Party, a candidate has to raise $100K. This completely arbitrary number is just a cutoff on some operative's spreadsheet at DNC headquarters
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Imagine what it means to raise $100K without help if you have a day job and are running a campaign in a poor district. One very good fundraising event might net you $1000. Your life is consumed by phone calls and fundraisers
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That leaves no time to meet voters, travel your district, and actually campaign. Your reward if you hit the $100K figure? The DCCC might "take a look" at your campaign. But they judge districts as competitive based only on past performance.
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If a Democratic campaign has never once been adequately funded, of course you're going to see a string of lopsided victories by the Republicans, who pour money into their Congressional races. In a year like this, ANY DISTRICT IS POTENTIALLY WINNABLE. Weird things are happening
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Do you have any recommendations for alternate umbrella groups coordinating donations to such races?
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I think it’s important to give directly to campaigns
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would be awesome if there was a site to see all of the candidates in “un-winnable” districts, so we could donate to all of them.
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