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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The Democratic party is going to burn through millions on TV ads, consultants, social media, and everything else next autumn. But they refuse to raise the *thousands* it would take to secure those victories, if it were spent intelligently right now
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Each of the districts I visited is full of amped-up volunteers, has a Republican incumbent who has forgotten how to campaign, and is full of voters who are beyond furious about losing health care. They are starved for funding to start fighting
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CA-01, where Jessica Holcombe is running, is home to the Oroville Dam. This dam nearly burst a few weeks ago, a calamity that would have killed thousands.. When Jessica held a town hall in Oroville, the only thing people wanted to talk about was health care.
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Wait, was there another incident with the Oroville dam?! Because the emergency spillway incident was in February. But it’s so true that Trump’s presidency has completely warped everyone’s sense of time
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no, you’re right. My brain telescoped this together!
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I had to look it up myself. “A few weeks ago” sounded too recent to me, but it does NOT feel like it was 9 months ago, so I wasn’t sure
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