I wanted to signal boost this very cool work exploiting staggered adoption of actblue to find that online donations have moved Democratic legislators to the left.
The reality is anything that empowers online donors mechanically disempowers non-white and working class Democrats.
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Chenoa Yorgason
@ChenoaYorgason
Democrats' pursuit of small donors has shifted Dem legislative behavior to the left. Whether this is good (responsiveness!) or bad (polarization!) is up for debate, but if the party wants to moderate, distancing itself from the current crop of small donors is a legit priority. x.com/adamwren/statu…
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