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BainsBane

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18. They had extensive organization

Reply to JI7 (Reply #13)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 12:14 AM

Nov 2020

In the states. It simply wasn't practical to do door knocking in the age of COVID. They used other methods to reach out to voters. Here they were even giving voters rides to the polls.

I will say their data for the phone bank system sucked, and the thru talk dailer never worked. So much so they completely gave up on it for GOTV. God knows how many millions they spent on that thing.

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The problem is NOT the Democratic party [View all] BainsBane Nov 2020 OP

You are absolutely correct. niyad Nov 2020 #1

You're correct-the problem is the GOP has gone off the rails n/t Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2020 #2

We have learned why populism can be so dangerous Dem2 Nov 2020 #3

It does precisely as it is designed BainsBane Nov 2020 #6

it's touchscreens. mopinko Nov 2020 #4

+1,000. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #7

Not necessarily BainsBane Nov 2020 #8

and we won minnesota. mopinko Nov 2020 #9

The claim that an election is rigged if we don't win BainsBane Nov 2020 #10

14 states BainsBane Nov 2020 #11

illinois uses paper on election day, but early voting is touchscreen, mopinko Nov 2020 #17

There is evidence of jerks BainsBane Nov 2020 #20

Then there is the fact BainsBane Nov 2020 #21

This has to be our cilla4progress Nov 2020 #5

Yeah, and I'm tired of Claire McCaskill saying it is. milestogo Nov 2020 #12

We also would have won bigger if we had a Ground Campaign JI7 Nov 2020 #13

They had extensive organization BainsBane Nov 2020 #18

I agree, i'm not saying we should have done that JI7 Nov 2020 #22

EXACTLY CORRECT relayerbob Nov 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author relayerbob Nov 2020 #15

In Iowa, shit loads of younger right-wingers from rural areas cast their first votes for Trump. bullwinkle428 Nov 2020 #16

Iowa seems to be getting BainsBane Nov 2020 #19