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 …
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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Dems haven't come to terms with the erosion of electoral/civic infrastructure of the at least past decade. The R side also has so much more civic infrastructure through allied groups (church, NRA) and much more downballot work. I see honest but diffused energy, not a recognition.
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