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Hilary Rosen Democratic Political Analyst who was a Kamala supporter has these questions:
A billion dollars was spent on this campaign. Hundreds of millions of dollars was spent on focus groups, polling, voter targeting and data analysis. What did the data show? Who was responsible for it? Why do so many of the decisions seem so alien and wrong? Should more of us have spoken up about our doubts earlier? What didn’t we know about the decisions that were made?
Rosen: "So yes, I want answers. We all want answers. This felt like a winnable election that we lost, badly. And we need to be ruthlessly honest about that and why that happened."
1. What was the overall guiding strategy? And what was the data behind it? Did the Harris campaign simply take the Biden strategy of running a campaign solely focused on demonizing Donald Trump on its face? Or was there data that showed that was the only path?
2. Why the huge focus on Liz Cheney? Was there any data that this much attention on her was going to bring in specific voters? If so, will you show us who they were? Who made this decision?
3. What happened to the economic message? Why could the campaign never settle on a simple message that would speak to working and lower middle class voters? This is our base, particularly among POC and minority groups. Who were the key players in that? What were the conflicting views that prevented cohesion?
4. Why didn’t the Harris campaign try to deal with the obviously effective anti-trans ads? How was this discussed and what prevented a better pushback?
5. Did you have data suggesting that comparing Trump to Hitler and leaning in to calling him a fascist would persuade gettable voters to vote for us? What data convinced you that messaging was effective?
6. Governor Tim Walz came out of the gate hot and then seemed to disappear and do only rallies and few interviews. Was there a bad voter reaction? Did focus groups go negative? What were the implications of this pick?
7. Why did the campaign brag about the voter turnout effort so aggressively in the final weeks instead of positioning themselves as the underdog who needed more help? What data showed that low-propensity voters would be motivated by superstar rallies? If we knew who those voters were, what was the best way to get them to the polls?
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A billion dollars was spent on this campaign. Hundreds of millions of dollars was spent on focus groups, polling, voter targeting and data analysis. What did the data show? Who was responsible for it? Why do so many of the decisions seem so alien and wrong? Should more of us have spoken up about our doubts earlier? What didn’t we know about the decisions that were made?
Rosen: "So yes, I want answers. We all want answers. This felt like a winnable election that we lost, badly. And we need to be ruthlessly honest about that and why that happened."
1. What was the overall guiding strategy? And what was the data behind it? Did the Harris campaign simply take the Biden strategy of running a campaign solely focused on demonizing Donald Trump on its face? Or was there data that showed that was the only path?
2. Why the huge focus on Liz Cheney? Was there any data that this much attention on her was going to bring in specific voters? If so, will you show us who they were? Who made this decision?
3. What happened to the economic message? Why could the campaign never settle on a simple message that would speak to working and lower middle class voters? This is our base, particularly among POC and minority groups. Who were the key players in that? What were the conflicting views that prevented cohesion?
4. Why didn’t the Harris campaign try to deal with the obviously effective anti-trans ads? How was this discussed and what prevented a better pushback?
5. Did you have data suggesting that comparing Trump to Hitler and leaning in to calling him a fascist would persuade gettable voters to vote for us? What data convinced you that messaging was effective?
6. Governor Tim Walz came out of the gate hot and then seemed to disappear and do only rallies and few interviews. Was there a bad voter reaction? Did focus groups go negative? What were the implications of this pick?
7. Why did the campaign brag about the voter turnout effort so aggressively in the final weeks instead of positioning themselves as the underdog who needed more help? What data showed that low-propensity voters would be motivated by superstar rallies? If we knew who those voters were, what was the best way to get them to the polls?
As a Harris Supporter I Have Questions. Like Where Did the $1B Go?
Like so many, I gave more money to this campaign than I have ever given in my lifetime to a presidential campaign. We deserve answers.
