A theory I have : because so much of GOTV work involves a continuity of voter files, the fact that we were largely out of action in 2020 with in-person GOTV really did set us back. 2022 being a midterm didn't make up the gap. The work this year caught us up to speed to some degree, but not enough to win. At least the strong work this yea…
A theory I have : because so much of GOTV work involves a continuity of voter files, the fact that we were largely out of action in 2020 with in-person GOTV really did set us back. 2022 being a midterm didn't make up the gap. The work this year caught us up to speed to some degree, but not enough to win. At least the strong work this year will help in the future, but it's a bad-tasting irony that 2020 netted us the Presidency while damaging the GOTV continuity.
A theory I have : because so much of GOTV work involves a continuity of voter files, the fact that we were largely out of action in 2020 with in-person GOTV really did set us back. 2022 being a midterm didn't make up the gap. The work this year caught us up to speed to some degree, but not enough to win. At least the strong work this year will help in the future, but it's a bad-tasting irony that 2020 netted us the Presidency while damaging the GOTV continuity.