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Fiendish Thingy

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5. Beware of consultants advising Dems to move to a Republican-defined "middle"
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 11:23 AM
Feb 2023

Dems need to be less concerned about white boomers with no college education who hang out in Midwest diners who might vote for a democratic candidate, and instead focus resources on young voters in their 20’s who, when they show up to the polls (and have been in increasing numbers), are predictable, dependable Democratic voters.

Increasing turnout among young voters by even just 10% would have significant impact on results up and down the ballot, and across the nation.

But the consultant class can’t make as much money from that theory.

American Family Voices, the dark money PAC that created the report, is a very small organization run by former staffers for Bill Clinton and Mike Dukakis.

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-family-voices/

IMO, this is a headline grabbing tactic to drum up business before the 2024 cycle, and should be completely ignored.

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Can't count on the teevee to tell about the accomplishments. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #1
+1000 roamer65 Feb 2023 #2
+++ emulatorloo Feb 2023 #3
Or AM radio. (nt) Pinback Feb 2023 #15
No snark but cant access the article GusBob Feb 2023 #4
Beware of consultants advising Dems to move to a Republican-defined "middle" Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #5
Thank You Keepthesoulalive Feb 2023 #8
+1 leftstreet Feb 2023 #9
Yeah, it's fucking weird TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #10
Do dark money pacs usually list their donor organizations? lapucelle Feb 2023 #11
Disagree... brooklynite Feb 2023 #12
Increasing young voter turnout by 10% in swing states Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #19
+11,780 (nt) Pinback Feb 2023 #23
We should be registering more young, Black, and Brown voters Pinback Feb 2023 #16
Actually I looked thru the report GusBob Feb 2023 #17
Biden talked about it in the SOTU as a form of governance Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #20
Look at the recent win in Wisconsin Supreme Court GusBob Feb 2023 #21
HRC would have won if 100,000 more young voters had turned out in the Rust Belt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #22
I wish all our Dem. Congress Critters would borrow Bernie's drums and bang them hard and often. Magoo48 Feb 2023 #6
How'd inthewind21 Feb 2023 #13
After 30 years of RW media, real world results don't count for much. griffi94 Feb 2023 #7
Do not be afraid to call out the Trumpians as the traitors they are to our great Democracy Peacetrain Feb 2023 #14
If the brand is damaged among blue collar people, it's because Democrats don't talk about their Vinca Feb 2023 #18
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