Proposal to Administrators: Put the DU ActBlue link to Ossoff, Warnock & Fair Fight on the home page

[kiri]

8. Money is obviously not the answer in winning elections.

I am fearful that more money will not really help. Biden and Democrats took in many millions of dollars, and still lost Representatives and disastrously in state legislatures. More money than Republicans resulted in what Trump called "a waste of money."

I understand that money buys TV ads and 'ground game'.

But the glaring evidence is that money did not win the elections. (Lack of money may lose elections, but that is different.)

We need a better way to win elections.

Reagan promoted the meme that you can't solve problems by throwing money at them. This was wrong wrt infrastructure, education, many social issues.

I contributed several thousand dollars via ActBlue and mostly it was a "waste of money". Where did it go? Into some small salaries for workers; mostly to media outlets. One of the ironies is that Republican-controlled media get the richer, the more ActBlue raises.

I note a profound insight from an expert: "Early money screams, late money whispers". This encapsulates that 'early on' advisors can define the issues and develop the effective memes. Later, the only memes are those your opponent put out. Values win elections, and fears.

The insights of Lakoff about mentioning an elephant has not been absorbed by Democratic candidates.

We need a better way to win elections. Money is obviously not the answer.