A Democratic group is spending about $2.7 million on a television ad promoting Bernie Moreno, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, just ahead of next week’s Republican primary.
      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        If a statistical precedent is broken, you need to consider it’s no longer precedent.

        MAGA is proving the old ways of doing things don’t work. New strategies are needed- like maybe picking better candidates.

        Which, case in point, why would you then intentionally loose that vital data point if their votes?

    • firebyte@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      I was horrified when I first heard about this, though it actually seems to be a good strategy, if risky and ballsy:

      Prop up an opposing candidate in the primary, who you project (the risky part) will poll worse against you in the general election.

      It seems to be working…

      https://youtu.be/K-UG88yoF0M?si=waPJ6WO29tQo2uJb

      Given that Democrats this time around are out-fundraising the Republicans, it could be a really smart strategy.

      https://democrats.org/news/rnc-statement-on-the-rncs-desperate-financial-situation/

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A Democratic group is wading into the Republican Senate primary in Ohio with a new television spot aimed at promoting the conservative credentials of Bernie Moreno, a Cleveland-area businessman who has been endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump.

    A group called Duty and Country is spending roughly $2.7 million on the ad, which is set to run across the state, according to AdImpact, a firm that tracks advertising.

    Mr. Moreno won their backing by embracing hard-line conservative positions that Democrats view as potentially easier to run against in a general election.

    “When Ohio voters head to their polling place, they deserve to know the truth about Bernie Moreno — and the truth is that Moreno is a MAGA extremist who embraced Donald Trump just like he embraced his policies to ban abortion nationwide and repeal” the Affordable Care Act, said Hannah Menchhoff, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority PAC.

    Republicans already are expected to gain one seat in West Virginia after Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat, announced he would not seek re-election.

    In the California Senate primary last month, Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat, ran a spot describing Steve Garvey, a Republican and a former Major League Baseball player, as too conservative.

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