Kamala Harris 2020 campaign megathread

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Wow, Harris had really crappy fundraising. A national figure and senator from CA, a frontrunner and one of the first to kickstart a campaign, and she only managed to raise 1.5x the amount of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

She's not a "national figure" at all. Wow, you guys are a bunch of haters.

Watch him go gaga over Warren likely raising less than her.

[Zaybay]

Wow, Harris had really crappy fundraising. A national figure and senator from CA, a frontrunner and one of the first to kickstart a campaign, and she only managed to raise 1.5x the amount of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

She's not a "national figure" at all. Wow, you guys are a bunch of haters.

Its a bad fundraising number, its rather plain to see. When you're fundraising numbers are comparable to the Mayor of South Bend, then you arent doing well. There isnt any excuse for this kinda monetary performance.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Wow, Harris had really crappy fundraising. A national figure and senator from CA, a frontrunner and one of the first to kickstart a campaign, and she only managed to raise 1.5x the amount of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

She's not a "national figure" at all. Wow, you guys are a bunch of haters.

Its a bad fundraising number, its rather plain to see. When you're fundraising numbers are comparable to the Mayor of South Bend, then you arent doing well. There isnt any excuse for this kinda monetary performance.

...She raised $5 million more than Pete... literally nobody but you is comparing the two or thinks the fundraising number is bad. Kamala Derangement Syndrome is very real.

[Minnesota Mike]

Kamala smashed Q1

$12 million raised

218K individual contributors

98% of contributions <$100
99% of contributors can donate again

That's fantastic!

Not really for a Senator from California who was among the first to kick off her campaign. Half of what Obama raised Q1 12 years ago.

This is probably one of the worst takes I've seen all week.

I call them as I see them.  Just pointing out this not the fantastic quarter some were making it out to be.

[Zaybay]

Wow, Harris had really crappy fundraising. A national figure and senator from CA, a frontrunner and one of the first to kickstart a campaign, and she only managed to raise 1.5x the amount of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

She's not a "national figure" at all. Wow, you guys are a bunch of haters.

Its a bad fundraising number, its rather plain to see. When you're fundraising numbers are comparable to the Mayor of South Bend, then you arent doing well. There isnt any excuse for this kinda monetary performance.

...She raised $5 million more than Pete... literally nobody but you is comparing the two or thinks the fundraising number is bad. Kamala Derangement Syndrome is very real.

Right, I forgot, fundraising exists in a vacuum and should never be compared to each other

When a candidate considered one of the frontrunners, one of the big 3, from CA, is raising 12$ million while the mayor of South Bend who has only recently recived a bump in the polls is raising 7$ million, you havent done a good job fundraising. Its not KDS, its rather simple arithmetic

[Coastal Elitist]

Gross she's a corporate hack

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Wow, Harris had really crappy fundraising. A national figure and senator from CA, a frontrunner and one of the first to kickstart a campaign, and she only managed to raise 1.5x the amount of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

She's not a "national figure" at all. Wow, you guys are a bunch of haters.

Its a bad fundraising number, its rather plain to see. When you're fundraising numbers are comparable to the Mayor of South Bend, then you arent doing well. There isnt any excuse for this kinda monetary performance.

...She raised $5 million more than Pete... literally nobody but you is comparing the two or thinks the fundraising number is bad. Kamala Derangement Syndrome is very real.

Right, I forgot, fundraising exists in a vacuum and should never be compared to each other

When a candidate considered one of the frontrunners, one of the big 3, from CA, is raising 12$ million while the mayor of South Bend who has only recently recived a bump in the polls is raising 7$ million, you havent done a good job fundraising. Its not KDS, its rather simple arithmetic

There is simply no logic in that statement. No matter what she does, you're going to find bad things about it through your mental gymnastics. It's quite unimpressive.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Jeez... I didn't know Chris Cillizza had seven accounts on Atlas.

[Possiblymaybe]

Kamala smashed Q1

$12 million raised

218K individual contributors

98% of contributions <$100
99% of contributors can donate again

That's fantastic!

[wbrocks67]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

[libertpaulian]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

[Heebie Jeebie]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

You're being too dismissive. In a field where nearly all the candidates are basically in agreement on what policies to prioritize and pursue, being "an identity politics candidate" actually counts for a whole lot. Having a young, progressive, minority woman as president would in itself shape our social and political culture in profound ways. Beyond that, what does she have to offer?  All the same things any Democrat could offer a president. Again, there's not a lot of daylight between the candidates in terms of policy or priorities.

[Possiblymaybe]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

I mean I like the guy but as a Beto supporter it’s pretty ridiculous to call anyone else a media creation. This is a guy who had a vanity fair cover and an HBO documentary to coincide with his launch. If anyone is getting the Hollywood treatment it’s him.  Hes getting far more press than anyone else running.
In the past week, Beto O’Rourke got the most coverage of any candidate on cable news, with Kamala Harris, Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker all at least 95 mentions behind.
Jay Inslee, Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard got next to no coverage.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-2020-democrat-got-the-most-cable-news-attention-last-week/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[Rookie Yinzer]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[Possiblymaybe]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[Frodo]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[RI]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate?

Gender (and race) is not what makes somewhat an identity politics candidate. Klobuchar and Gabbard (and probably Warren) are not running on identity politics platforms. Conversely, Beto's become a sort of identity politics candidate as well for yuppie white liberals, and he's a straight white male.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Not sure why people are pushing that Kamala is a national figure. Yes, is she one of the better known national dems? Sure, but still not a lot. Just look at all of the polls going on -- even her score of "Don't Know" is still pretty high among even DEMOCRATS, let alone all voters.

Her candidacy and supposed popularity is more of a media creation than anything else.  Besides being an identity politics candidate from the most "coastal elitist" city in the country (besides NYC of course), what does she have to offer as a future President?

Is anyone who’s not a white male going to be referred to as an identity politics candidate? Are non-white, non-male candidates not supposed to speak about how their experience as a part of a historically marginalized community has shaped their perspectives on issues?

[American2020]

https://twitter.com/electorette/status/1113175376958636032

[Big Boy Beto]

https://twitter.com/electorette/status/1113175376958636032

Meanwhile, water is rumoured to be wet.

[James Monroe]

https://twitter.com/electorette/status/1113175376958636032

The base of the party. The electorate that every Democrat needs to win over. It's this crucial demographic that makes me believe Kamala Harris will be the next nominee.

[wbrocks67]

I will say though... is Kamala doing a lot of events? I see Bernie and Beto going from town to town and state to state doing town halls, events, meeting with voters, and it feels like Kamala is only doing like one event every week...