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Spazito

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8. Important information to know...

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #4)

Mon May 1, 2023, 03:46 PM

May 2023

thanks for this, it is very informative.

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Small-dollar donors didn't save democracy. They made it worse. [View all] brooklynite May 2023 OP

What a wonderful, upbeat message. I'm sure you're correct, even so. CaliforniaPeggy May 2023 #1

Do what I do: be RATIONAL about the races you choose to give your small dollar donations to. brooklynite May 2023 #2

I think we're supposed to do what the rich people..."High dollar donors" Bettie May 2023 #26

Well I guess David Byler thinks we should all just sit down and let those with the big bucks sinkingfeeling May 2023 #3

Byler is a right winger, and this is an opinion piece spooky3 May 2023 #4

Important information to know... Spazito May 2023 #8

YW! spooky3 May 2023 #9

...who analyzes the choice of small dollar donors in both Parties. brooklynite May 2023 #10

He doesn't analyze these donations well. The readers point out spooky3 May 2023 #15

The analysis is from a suspect source and perhaps faulty, however... Silent3 May 2023 #17

LOL Amy McGrath's campaigns were spectacular cash cows leftstreet May 2023 #5

There Is A Great Deal To This, Sir The Magistrate May 2023 #6

Understood, but part of the problem is that the candidates can frame their appeal TO the small donor brooklynite May 2023 #13

Frame It However They Like, Sir The Magistrate May 2023 #19

"fantasy-driven campaigns" Bayard May 2023 #7

"I thought Amy had a real shot" brooklynite May 2023 #11

She lost by 20 points Zeitghost May 2023 #18

Approval ratings do not equate to electibility. TwilightZone May 2023 #25

Yeah, well, edhopper May 2023 #12

Yup. We've watched "fantasy-driven" but heavily funded LW campaigns Hortensis May 2023 #14

They're not always LW campaigns leftstreet May 2023 #16

Oh, absolutely. No problem here with RWers sabotaging their awful goals! Hortensis May 2023 #20

But how many big donors gave and gave to the gqp candidate of their choice and still lost PortTack May 2023 #21

Give up, little people, and let the Rich Folks run things Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #22

Yep. Just sit back and take it. progressoid May 2023 #31

We won 8 out of 13 Casady1 May 2023 #23

It takes a while to build a movement with small donations diva77 May 2023 #24

Name a race Our Revolution has won against an actual Republican. brooklynite May 2023 #27

Maxwell Frost diva77 May 2023 #28

Seriously? Florida 10? A D+14 district? brooklynite May 2023 #29

I'm not up on the minutia of each and every race. Maxwell Frost is an extremely diva77 May 2023 #30

"Corporate Democrats"...It's been awhile since I've heard that one. brooklynite May 2023 #32

It's not just about winning races -- it's about getting the message out to people and building a diva77 May 2023 #35

Yeah. Only the wealthy and corporations should donate to get a candidate of their choice elected and Autumn May 2023 #33

Nobody's saying small donors SHOULDN'T contribute... brooklynite May 2023 #34