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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

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      I call this the Beto effect. Hard to believe but many Dem candidates are underfunded because the party is.. well, it's the party that lost 2016. But a few splashy races give the opposite impression—the way holding the presidency 2008-2016 hid the electoral collapse of the party.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1049495854590189569 …

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      I wrote an impassioned cri de nerd here about why we risk losing the midterms. I'll spruce it up with hyperlinks and pictures a little later. http://idlewords.com/2018/10/portrait_of_a_campaign.htm …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Having studied movements/opposition in many countries, one frequent theme in losing efforts is the ratio of attention to factors not-under-their-control vs. factors under their control! This may get people upset with me but both Dem leaders & "resistance" often share this trait.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Where is the effort to balance funding so that obviously super-safe Dem seats aren't raising millions while first-time candidates building infrastructure (for the future, if not this election) have real money? Don't see it. It's like 2016 didn't happen. 2008-2016 didn't happen.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018

      Take voter ID laws. Where's the nationwide mobilization to get an ID for everyone? Send college students to help poor folks navigate the bureaucracy, drive them to DMV etc. "ID summer!" Nope, just many articles on how unfair it is. Fine but not enough for winning political power.

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    5. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie 9 Oct 2018
      Replying to @zeynep

      There are multiple nationwide organizations working on voter engagement and mobilization including the ACLU and NAACP. Individual campaigns also do this work. One thing to consider is that registration and identification rules vary from state to state.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018
      Replying to @jbouie

      Of course there's some groups.. As always. Do you think it is a high-level effort, proportional to the stakes. Of course, the rules vary from state-to-state. After all the commotion, you'd think the country would have been blanketed with a "get-an-ID" mobilization.

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    7. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie 9 Oct 2018
      Replying to @zeynep

      I think the United States is an extremely large country and few things short of a presidential campaign have ever been effective at this kind of mobilization at that scale. I think local and regional efforts at mobilization and engagement tend to be most efficacious.

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    8. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie 9 Oct 2018
      Replying to @jbouie @zeynep

      I also think broad conclusions about 2008-2016 should probably account for the fact to significant electoral erosion is normal for parties that hold the White House.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018
      Replying to @jbouie

      Local and regional efforts are underfunded! You could have a national mobilitation to make sure they exist/are funded. That's why I am calling it the Beto effect. A few high-profile races are funded but so many first-time, high-energy candidates are struggling. Hidden story.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @zeynep @jbouie

          Also, some erosion is normal but.. It was drastic. And then it had a feedback cycle after 2010 because of gerrymandering and other issues. To get out of here, you'd expect a massive mobilization. I only see a lot of grassroots energy, but not national strategic action tbh.pic.twitter.com/KTx8E6eGVp

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        3. richard‏ @_neoliteral 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @zeynep @jbouie

          I can attest to this. I’m currently managing a Democratic state senate campaign in Ohio. Lots of grassroots energy in response to the last decade, but little to no funding or mobilization by the ODP itself. We’re on our own out here in a mostly rural, mostly apolotical region.

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        2. David Mendels‏ @DavidMendels 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @zeynep @jbouie

          @zeynep data? Seeing a lot of reports of very strong dem candidate fundraising far beyond the top few celebrity candidates like Beto. Eg https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409916-dems-announce-third-quarter-fundraising-bonanza …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Oct 2018
          Replying to @DavidMendels @jbouie

          Sure but I'm constantly encountering candidates who are struggling to put ads on TV and hire enough staff. Of course there's *more* compared to before. Nowhere near the mobilization you'd expect. Just the Koch brothers spent a billion for downballot races in 2016. No D counter.

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