Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Let Me Be Blunt. [View all]saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)I have never been on a campaign team. My experience is in sales, marketing and advertising. Sooo, I would start with a 5 year plan, work my way back to what must be done in year one in detail, fill in the blanks for years 2,3,4 and 5.
Looking into my crystal ball, I don't think we should expect to lose Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in 2020. A lot can happen between now and then, so never say never. The DNC needs to fund raise and plan an aggressive ground game. Our candidate needs to insure fellow Democrats keep our base energized and involved in every state.
New Hampshire, Minnesota and Florida were won by margins of less than 2% in 2018. I am sure this did not go unnoticed. What can we do to win my margins at least as well as our 2018 elections? Democrats need the best polling service we can afford (or go in debt for). Fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver is a good free source, and yea that Hillary would win by 40% prediction really gave same a false sense of inevitability.
Our candidate will need to show up more often at events than in 2018 and make him or herself available to voters in all possible forums. This could include inspirational speech from our candidate on their plans to deliver "their dream", or for Hold a major concert event, open to all political parties around the country. Let media consultants, and people like Rob Reiner and Jon Stewart give you hand with how to entertain, engage and educate and audience. Audience participation should be encouraged.
Let Donnie run the circus sideshows. We need to use every opportunity available and plan get out the vote efforts on a national level.
President Obama rolled up his sleeves, ran his self ragged and still managed to smile and engage an audience. I think President Obama's entire team was awesome, a playbook for the win.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided