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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with our 'messaging'? [View all]uponit7771
(90,336 posts)79. We don't have to do that, we can "go high" AND be effective Stacy Abrams was and look what happened
... we should just copy what she did on the ground and talking to CoC.
We're not ... we're blaming everything else
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Correct but WHEN we speak the truth matters as much as how loud and often, we're getting our
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#87
+1, TM only defined Youngkin in VA gov race after his poll numbers went down we can define...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#86
1500 coordinated ignored radio stations is their only unique advantage. see comment below
certainot
Nov 2021
#25
Then we get our own damn news stations, only 64% of democrats believe voter suppression is a
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#73
Just read we are actually under utilizing radio stations in CoC like Miami Dade and South Texas ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#94
air america was competing with a well established monopoly. it was mom and pop vs walmart
certainot
Nov 2021
#98
the way to beat rw radio is to destroy it. every advertiser, ad co, as well as university and pro
certainot
Nov 2021
#99
TV, internet are part of the free speech spectrum. rw radio is the only unique advantage they have
certainot
Nov 2021
#97
+1,We have a way we're not using it. We have radio in CoC that are not flooded with our message
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#71
bullshit. when dem and prog 'leaders' figure out the only unique difference is radio the rest is
certainot
Nov 2021
#33
I think you're posting this as a false flag to stir up shit against progressives & promote division
Celerity
Nov 2021
#47
Trumps gish gallop of Trump Horrible could've been defeated with proper mechanics of ......
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#83
They are popular but ***NOT*** calling out what the GQP is doing as evil isn't effective at making
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#59
omg, this should be its own OP itself. The GQP are NOT DOUBT working infrastructure that's ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#75
And mine is that we DO have a problem with messaging. And rather than pretending it isn't an issue,
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#29
Stacy Abrams managed to reach huge swaths of voters we had previously never reached, and
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#40
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 "but their mechanics are very much worth copying." I've been saying this for ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#61
Only 64% of democrats believe Voter Suppression is a problem (link) That's a problem with messaging
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#60
If we made Stacy Abrams the head of the DNC, we would see in retrospect how many
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#27
+1, SA went to CoC where dem messaging was missing in 2020. Miami Dade was disgusting example
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#76
+1, TM in VA gov race didn't define Trumpkin as a Trumper till late in the race when his polls ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#48
+1, the 2020 post mortem said we didn't target PoC communities SPECIFICLY enough we peanut
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#49
THANK YOU !!! Only 64% of democrats think voter suppression is a problem, that's messaging
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#42
+1, " and yes, radio" GQP used it in Miami Dade and gained 200,000 more votes with it
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#81
You already vote, and vote Democratic. You are not one of the people we are not reaching.
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#32
"I am not" we're not talking about engaged voters like you, we're talking about the 40% of black
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#50
You're right, we don't have to "play their game" but we NO DOUBT need to copy their mechanics
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#67
We're also talking about the Latin American vote, which is beginning to slip away from us and which
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#64
+1, 2020 South Texas and Miami Dade was a travesty !! Dems act like Stacy Abrams doesn't exist
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#80
it's the VOLUME! the bloody radio is the only unique advantage they have. at $1000/hr worth $5B/yr
certainot
Nov 2021
#23
I would say it's radio and social media, and social media is a more effective vehicle for us.
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#34
most of the 'successful' social media piggybacks 30 yrs of rw radio - like fox. soc media is
certainot
Nov 2021
#37
I agree that radio is the driver of the right wing. But unless we are going to put a LOT of
Scrivener7
Nov 2021
#38
Q soc media campaign started in nov 2017, 10 mo after limbaugh began attacking 'librul deep state'
certainot
Nov 2021
#44
We don't need to, we can just flood CoC radio stations to be effective, we didn't in 2020 and look
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#90
They have bots on SM that are worked near 100% daily, we can do the same. We lack in Radio ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#89
****DEMOCRATS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MESSAGE !!!***** Only 64% of democrats think voter
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#41
K, ONLY 64% of democrats are more likely to expres concern about voter disenfranchisement,.. better?
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#103
Which is still extremely low seeing GQP isn't likely to express concern over suppression at all !!!
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#108
+1, Only 64% of democrats believe Voter Suppression is a problem (link). That's bad messaging
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#57
We need parallel messaging to appeal low and high, and our own media outlet to make noise
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2021
#46
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 We need an messaging infrastructure that works minimum at the same amplitude ...
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#53
We don't have to do that, we can "go high" AND be effective Stacy Abrams was and look what happened
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#79
We can go high and tell the truth too, only 64% of democrats think voter suppression is a problem
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#70
Yes, look at what Stacy Abrams did in CoC ! The 2020 down ballot post mortems said our message
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#68
Only 64% of democrats believe Voter Suppression is a problem (link), there's something wrong with
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#88
Okay, I changed a few words and took out some others and the fact still remains
uponit7771
Nov 2021
#104