Nate Silver, formerly of 538, believes Biden should drop out.

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    With perks like that who needs donors and TV ad time? This isn’t the 80s. Elections aren’t won on television ads.

    No, but they are still very much won with money. Advertising of various forms (TV, radio, Internet, billboards, yard signs, T-shirts, the list goes on), local outreach, field offices, door to door campaigners, booths at events, social media, and countless more. All of it is driven by money.

    Citizens United fucked every election since. It exclusively dealt with campaign finance.

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      4 months ago

      Oh I agree, don’t get me wrong. But let’s be honest: Biden doesn’t have the grassroots fundraising that propelled Obama to victory and also gave Bernie a good shot at the primaries for how fringe he was.

      Even I who’ve given loads of money in the past am exhausted by the fundraising calls under Biden and at this point post-debate think it’s a wasted investment.

      I’m just assuaging concerns about money when you can substitute viral marketing which would naturally come from the unprecedented nature of having an incumbent president step down and endorse some other individual. Months of free coverage.