This is why you should not assume “candidate receives a lot of derisive snark on Twitter” automatically means “candidate is unpopular with the wider populace”https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1107605096597078016 …
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Also don't think it's necessarily suspect to wait till Monday to announce the numbers. (He announced the campaign on a Thursday.) That's a pretty common tactic to "drive the news cycle." Also, Beto apparently hadn't even hired a campaign manager yet when he announced
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I really don't get these takes that "Twitter is not the same thing as the electorate." Who said it was?
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I feel it’s a concentrated distillation of the cultural-political climate.
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I think it does, by definition it has to. Big Donor Class support is frowned upon in this cycle, so keeping it hush hush would be expected. AND $6.1M strictly from small, mom and pop donations, could only be done very loudly online. There would have to have been massive buzz!
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Relying solely on your social media circle to determine pop sentiment, should be an obvious no-go. When that sentiment, though, relfects what you see everywhere else, including the streets, well, it means a lot more than msm spins and shenanigans.
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No, he is just a runner.pic.twitter.com/YaTzNYJ8YW
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Things do exist outside the bubble of Twitter
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You trust NYT to do the right thing? Lol
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Or that they are just a few donors with very fat wallets
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You're right. The size of someone's bank account generally isn't evident on Twitter.
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There's a lot of Boomer Prog support for the guy. They have money to invest in his throwback candidacy. This is a good take: Beto O'Rourke https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=16776 …
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How many basic women do you follow? There's your answer.
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I mean we have polls. We don't have to look at money and assume it equals voters.
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The support is likely mostly coming from big money donors, Crazy to think he had more grassroots support than Bernie.
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