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“If we don’t get enough money, how are we to be expected to win an election?”
This weird ultra capitalist version of democracy is so fucking exhausting. Theres two parties. Its Maine. Its not that big, just fucking campaign for a bit. 800 grand? You can easily hire 16 people for the year, and what are you even doing? Putting up signs, cold calling, managing social media? I just absolutely hate these people.
Platner does actually seem like the real deal, and Mills is the establishment pick.
I genuinely hope Mills gets absolutely wrecked by Platner in the primary.
“Governor Mills did not reach out to me, or to the organizing team ahead of the January 24 rally, and none of her staff contacted us either,” Former Lewiston city councilor and lead organizer of the ICE THEM OUT protest Safiya Khalid told Drop Site News. “There was no indication of interest from the Governor or her team.”
The day ICE launched its Maine operation, Mills was caught jetting off to California. Dinner invitations obtained by Axios reveal Mills planned to attend a trio of big-money Senate fundraisers in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley on Wednesday, and the East Bay on Thursday. The Wednesday invitation described an “intimate dinner” in San Francisco’s financial district. Suggested donations ranged from $1,000 to $7,000—the maximum donation for both the primary and general.
Sounds like DNC fucking up as per
The amount of money someone needs to spend to get elected is disgusting and entirely intentional.
Edit: spelling disguising -> disgusting
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.
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.
As a candidate, some drop off after launch day is expected, but to drop that far and that fast
The opposite is true for grassroots campaigns. They take far longer to get going, but they're able to get a kind of flywheel of donations and volunteerism that overwhelms corporate campaigns, in enough time.
See: Graham Platner
Just $800K would be life-changing for most Americans, what a strange perspective.