Harrison and McGrath lead April's ActBlue donations

[Blair]

I appear to be swimming against the tide but I'm not too worried about this. Money doesn't yet appear to be a problem for the democrats even in a covid cycle.

These races always draw in money- McGrath because of her 2018 run, backstory & the toxicity of Moscow Mitch and Jamie Harrison because of Lindsay Graham & because Harrison is a talented politician. They're both running good digital & media campaigns.

Besides I'm not sure it's fair or reasonable to expect small dollar donors to donate based on electoral odds- people generally want to give money to a candiaite who inspires them or who offers a chance to kick someone they hate.

It's the job of political campaigns to generate more money & more attention and it's the job of the DSCC to pump money into these races.

Sure I'd love most of these people to donate to at-risk house candidates or even statehouse people... but it's not going to happen. Ordinary people (yes even those who donate money to campaigns) don't have the same thought process as us.

Oh nice. I love seeing Democrats give 15x more money to Kentucky than to Georgia

Again surely the answer is to get better candidates? In Georgia we currently have a former congressional staffer, a random vicar & Senator Palpatine's son as the frontrunners...

[Blair]

I appear to be swimming against the tide but I'm not too worried about this. Money doesn't yet appear to be a problem for the democrats even in a covid cycle.

These races always draw in money- McGrath because of her 2018 run, backstory & the toxicity of Moscow Mitch and Jamie Harrison because of Lindsay Graham & because Harrison is a talented politician. They're both running good digital & media campaigns.

Besides I'm not sure it's fair or reasonable to expect small dollar donors to donate based on electoral odds- people generally want to give money to a candiaite who inspires them or who offers a chance to kick someone they hate.

It's the job of political campaigns to generate more money & more attention and it's the job of the DSCC to pump money into these races.

Sure I'd love most of these people to donate to at-risk house candidates or even statehouse people... but it's not going to happen. Ordinary people (yes even those who donate money to campaigns) don't have the same thought process as us.

Oh nice. I love seeing Democrats give 15x more money to Kentucky than to Georgia

Again surely the answer is to get better candidates? In Georgia we currently have a former congressional staffer, a random vicar & Senator Palpatine's son as the frontrunners...

IMO the DSCC shouldn't be touching these races. I guess I can see the logic (and it's worth remembering that people were thinking the same about Beto before results came in), but it's still annoying. I guess the best answer is "find more appealing candidates", though.

Yeah sorry I was being unclear- I meant it's the job of thr DSCC to pump money into Georgia, Maine, North Carolina etc (which it already has- the ad buy in North Carolina is irrc something like £30 million)

[Blair]

I appear to be swimming against the tide but I'm not too worried about this. Money doesn't yet appear to be a problem for the democrats even in a covid cycle.

These races always draw in money- McGrath because of her 2018 run, backstory & the toxicity of Moscow Mitch and Jamie Harrison because of Lindsay Graham & because Harrison is a talented politician. They're both running good digital & media campaigns.

Besides I'm not sure it's fair or reasonable to expect small dollar donors to donate based on electoral odds- people generally want to give money to a candiaite who inspires them or who offers a chance to kick someone they hate.

It's the job of political campaigns to generate more money & more attention and it's the job of the DSCC to pump money into these races.

Sure I'd love most of these people to donate to at-risk house candidates or even statehouse people... but it's not going to happen. Ordinary people (yes even those who donate money to campaigns) don't have the same thought process as us.

Oh nice. I love seeing Democrats give 15x more money to Kentucky than to Georgia

Again surely the answer is to get better candidates? In Georgia we currently have a former congressional staffer, a random vicar & Senator Palpatine's son as the frontrunners...

IMO the DSCC shouldn't be touching these races. I guess I can see the logic (and it's worth remembering that people were thinking the same about Beto before results came in), but it's still annoying. I guess the best answer is "find more appealing candidates", though.

Yeah sorry I was being unclear- I meant it's the job of thr DSCC to pump money into Georgia, Maine, North Carolina etc (which it already has- the ad buy in North Carolina is irrc something like £30 million)

Raphael Warnock is the pastor at MLK's former church and a big figure in Atlanta. I wouldn't say random vicar, but I agree about Lieberman.

I mean this actually points to the problem- I knew that Amy McGrath is a fighter pilot but I had no idea Warnock was the pastor at MLK's church. Yes it's my own ignorance but it mirrors the reason people are donating to her