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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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@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 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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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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