For certain, very Democratic values of ‘happy’…
All speeches limited to no more than 272 words. https://t.co/ZRl7YIXsns
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin.bsky.social) (@adambonin) October 18, 2023
(i.e., no longer than a tweet.)
apropos to suggest the site of not one but two of the Confederacy's few major victories for a GOP retreat https://t.co/mvX7j3Kglv
— knife-wielding hemophiliac (@NickTagliaferro) October 18, 2023
But (sorta) seriously…
‘There’s just no excitement’: Retail politics takes a nosedive in a Trump-dominated campaign https://t.co/WqHAaAybXU pic.twitter.com/KQzXHjYutN
— WonkPorn (@WonkPorn) October 18, 2023
If the professional ratf*cking / horserace tout campaign staffing and pundit classes have decided TFG is bad for business, that’s good for democracy, frankly. Per Politico — “‘There’s just no excitement’: Retail politics takes a nosedive in a Trump-dominated campaign”:
If the Republican presidential primary this year is putting you half to sleep, you’re not alone. And it’s not just because Donald Trump is running away with the nomination.
Operatives and party activists in key early voting states say they can’t recall a recent cycle in which they had such little interaction with candidates…
… GOP candidate events in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation caucus state, are down nearly 50 percent this election cycle, compared to the same point in 2015, according to a review of campaign event trackers in early states. In New Hampshire, the first primary state, the candidates’ roster of September events was a fraction of those eight years ago. And hardly anyone is making the trek to Nevada.
In a lopsided election year, retail politics is flatlining.
“I’m truly stunned. It’s way down,” said Chad Connelly, a former South Carolina Republican Party chair whose faith-based organization Faith Wins holds frequent meetings with pastors in the early nominating states. “I don’t think anybody would say this is a normal cycle.”
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