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Janet Mills Is Flopping in the Fight for Maine Senate (www.dropsitenews.com)

submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The problem is that for the entire fourth quarter of 2025, she raised just $822,000 in small contributions. That would mean that, after raising more than a half million in one day from regular people, she raised just $287,000 more over the next two and a half months. As a candidate, some drop off after launch day is expected, but to drop that far and that fast raises major concerns about how much momentum there is behind her bid, especially considering that the Democratic Party in Washington has turned on its small-dollar fundraising program for Mills. The party has carpet-bombed inboxes on her behalf, but people seem not to be responding.

The Mills campaign did not respond when asked to clarify these day-one fundraising issues.

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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

The amount of money someone needs to spend to get elected is disgusting and entirely intentional.

Edit: spelling disguising -> disgusting

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Technically you don't "need" any money (except the registration fee which is much, much lower). They raise this for radio ads no one listens to and tv ads no one pays attention to and flyers in the mailbox everyone hates, and offices for the volunteers to go door-to-door which most everyone also hates.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

That is why you condescend the voters at the same time by reminding them they really don't have a choice because the other side is literally murderous.

At a certain point of reach + cynicism the magical ghost of the swing voter apparates out of thin air in a wave of pro-democracy enthusiasm, or so the old DNC tale goes when told by the barely sentient, elder scions of the party being wheeled around on carts of money.