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TwilightZone

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25. Approval ratings do not equate to electibility.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #7)

Mon May 1, 2023, 05:06 PM

May 2023

Plenty of people detest Donald Trump and voted for him anyway, some twice, because there's much more to electability than approval or lack thereof. The makeup of the electorate, the opponent, the partisan edge in the underlying numbers, etc.

McConnell had a built-in partisan edge of hundreds of thousands of voters based solely on the makeup of the electorate there, plus he had the inherent incumbent edge, which is not insignificant.

Hell, *everyone* hates Ted Cruz and he keeps getting reelected.

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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