If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked this question since November 2022, I could actually buy many dozens of eggs (and I am talking about eggs in Trump’s America, not those affordable eggs we had in Biden’s America).
This! We have to have conversations with candidates, funders, and the broader platform about what winning looks like even if it isn’t an election win for Democrats in a gerrymandered district.
If we can build a cause-based strategy at local levels with local funding, the candidates will be easier to recruit.
The GOP has done this. Large super donors invested in winning state houses. Democrats can do the same with a long term approach. The “rainbow coalition” culture of the Dems is appealing idealistically but lacks basic business fundamentals. We need to build (rebuild really) the machine to attack specific “winnable” issues
This! We have to have conversations with candidates, funders, and the broader platform about what winning looks like even if it isn’t an election win for Democrats in a gerrymandered district.
Even running in an area where it costs nothing at all to run takes a toll on you. The toll doesn't end when you win an election, either.
If we can build a cause-based strategy at local levels with local funding, the candidates will be easier to recruit.
The GOP has done this. Large super donors invested in winning state houses. Democrats can do the same with a long term approach. The “rainbow coalition” culture of the Dems is appealing idealistically but lacks basic business fundamentals. We need to build (rebuild really) the machine to attack specific “winnable” issues