I've seen a few "actually, a lot of dems are really good at the internet, they just aren't getting attention" please give me non-AOC, non-Bernie examples so that I can educate myself.
I will say though, being good at the internet MEANS GETTING ATTENTION.
I will say though, being good at the internet MEANS GETTING ATTENTION.
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Hank Green
I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO
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I'm going to be making noise all the way to the primary!
https://www.tiktok.com/@castroforgeorgia/video/7475064459040591150
Your title alone made me not want to watch the video.
You need to learn from the successful streamers and YouTubers about how to get real engagement
https://youtu.be/ETH8Rxr8XVI?si=f6eJ3Zmg1Q4KfYua
The US reputation is in the pits so asking for courage on local level might just not do the trick....
This isn't only about 'taking back the house' or some trobe - it's talking consequences.
most democrats (other than those you mentioned) who are on youtube and such aren't that big (compared to many republicans, who get more engagements)
that's a general observation
https://youtu.be/IiR-VQ-I2kk?si=C_hbO3q4pNZfC738
https://youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?si=EtYfE0PYo6DmueBw
It's the best summary I've seen so far of the major actions intended to foster corruption.
https://youtube.com/@senatorwhitehouse?si=K2SP1_J_t4ltIM3U
Snap up some of those recently fired tech whiz types, & launch a messaging blitz hub. ⚠️There's SO MUCH you could be doing: Feature the vids that Reps & Senators have on their own pages, footage of actions happening around the country, graphic scoreboards 1/3
https://youtu.be/BbQdq9AaA0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycoCYenXls
Senator Brian Schatz D-HI
His last couple videos have started breaking through and getting engagement, like this one https://youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?si=6t_LlX5jD2Rl2nIw
His shorts game could use some work, y'all should collab
https://youtube.com/@belleranch
And media needs to man up and actually start broadcasting Bernie’s rallies and the protests.
And his most popular video
https://youtu.be/gdstZDCCgAc?si=m2Pg8TjsV6ScdJlz
Schiff was mentioned but 2 more I would suggest taking a look at:
Rep Casar
https://youtu.be/mtAxWmk29Ao
Rep Swalwell
https://youtu.be/LgwJtjMAmmU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies?wprov=sfla1
share a post or even click a story link.
I truly don’t understand how that’s even possible. It’s an incredibly easy way to get the word out about ANYTHING.
There area lot of places that only vomited content goes( your elders are included in that , qnd also the newer generations)
Internet rewards the vomiting habit and not the carefully thoughted ones... unless you are already big and can do all that work with hired people
https://youtu.be/Nfelwch5INA?si=g8825yOxt379Wyx7
https://x.com/jakeauch/status/1897806072036901271?s=46&t=9yxInKs5gUpCn8N0ZmeSpA
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/How_senators_voted_on_Trump_Cabinet_nominees,_2025
The democratic party needs to come up with a clear, consistent ideology and message, and then STAND BY IT.
For consultants, me :) - but I'm not a media consultant so that's not super helpful.
At all.
Amy K I’ve liked in Senate hearings and some actual work, but she never excites me as she comes off like my mom or aunts. Ha
1.2 million views
First 15 seconds are vital, don't spend it introducing yourself. Start stronger "I'm a US senator, but even I couldn't have picked this guy out of a line-up two weeks ago, but his firing is one of the most corrupt acts I have ever seen in my time in government."
1 million views.
He has the top YouTube account of any Dem politician.
https://youtu.be/ZGeZ8zY_vf4?si=bfILMi6lxflXu7A_
That’s a lot of leaders behind the times.
I think he's not in office anymore though.
Alas, they are Canadian.. so, probably not what you are looking for...
(I’m Dutch and live in the Netherlands so this isn’t really my turf)
https://bsky.app/profile/briantylercohen.bsky.social/post/3liuiqck7rc2g
Elizabeth Warren
Jasmine Crockett
David Hogg
Don’t forget billionaires own the attention machine and strongly tilt the playing field so “dems need better messaging” feels like your big brother asking you why you’re hitting yourself.
How can one forget Murphy with his great visuals?
I promise you I'm good at the internet. I would have no idea or interest in how to market myself... BUT... And this is the important part. I would have people to do that for me!
Like they should
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG9Edvzul0k/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Stop accusing Black people of being angry when we aren’t.
It’s very racist.
I can see from your pinned post that there is little you want to hear from him or me. I'll just follow to be better informed.
I cannot use a term other than "passive aggressive" to describe what you said.
Not saying that you are angry— I ain't you— but I don't thin it's fair to qualify someone as racist for it.
I’m not angry.
https://youtu.be/SNXc7soA1aw?si=v5rg8oSYZ_gRpjjg
Governor Pritzker has also shown a ton of digital savvy. Again, great communicator and knows how to translate that across mediums.
Holly Kim.
@/VoteForHollyKim on tiktok.
He is a fool
Even Vt has had enough of him
He has never mentioned or taken on actual big money people like Leonard Leo or the Uihleins.
He prefers insulting Democrats.
https://x.com/repkatieporter?lang=en
Almost everyone has a YouTube now so please check them out and subscribe so you can be in the know about their movements.
I think the TikTok ban was probably a good idea. That Rep was also gerrymandered out of office.
Be well.
I don't like people who vote because I don't want an 83 year old man to run for president.... again?
You need to toughen up, not everyone agrees with you and if you think Bernie doesn't take money for people's priorities, you are naive.
The liberal obsession with soulless corporatists that hate the working class knows no bounds.
Pritzker's team seems to post content across all platforms and mediums. (?)
Get out on the ground and connect with people.
Many people scrolling in their free time don't want to get educated. They want to feel something.
In 25 seconds or less.
We can do that.
Or compare even Bernie and AOC numbers to people pushing right-wing conspiracy insanity.
https://bsky.app/profile/scottwiener.bsky.social
It gets annoying, really.
Al Green
Andy Kim
Ayanna Pressley
Becca Balint
Brian Schatz
Chris Murphy
Corey Booker
Cori Bush
Dan Goldman
Elissa Slotkin
Elizabeth Warren
Eric Swallwell
Ilhan Omar
Gretchen
JB Pritzer (Gov)
Jamaal Bowman
James Talarico
Jamie Raskin
Janet Mills
Jasmine Crockett
Jeff Jackson (AG)
1/2
Malcolm Kenyatta
Mark Pocan
Maxwell Frost
Melanie Stansbury
Pete Buttigieg
Pramila Jayapal
Robert Garcia
Ron Wyden
Ruwa Romman
Scott Wiener
Sean Casten
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Tim Walz
Tina Smith
2/2
Your very own list 👍
Hope he stopped to get those fantastic cheese curds at the gas station on way out of town heading west.
Adam Schiff
Al Green
Andy Beshear
Bernie
Brian Taylor Cohen
Chris Murphy
Cori Bush
David Hogg
Elizabeth Warren
Ilhan Omar
Jamie Raskin
Jasmine Crockett
Jeff Merkley
Maxine Waters
Maxwell Frost
Pete Buttigieg
Rashida Tlaib
Ron Wyden
Tim Walz
The best YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok posts are useless if no one sees them. The internet is not a free market of ideas.
But which is easier to learn: how to be good at political messaging on the internet, or how to get elected to Congress? Because if both traits must be found in the same person, I'm thinking it's a lot easier to start with a national audience and transition to running for office.
https://bsky.app/profile/petebuttigieg.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social
is really good:
https://bsky.app/profile/pomurray.bsky.social/post/3ljttsy4kb22t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycoCYenXls
(I hate the click-bait titles so many of these youtubers use. They would get the attention of a broader audience if they would cut that out.)
Sanders had a 10,000 person rally in Michigan last week, 4,000 in Wisconsin.
I’ve seen this before and I ain’t falling for it.
This is DOUBLY true of youtube video views.
The venn diagram of people most likely to vote and people least likely to know the complexities of a YouTube algorithm is a circle.
Major media in 2016 fomented the Bernie bro Hillary shill narrative to attack her & I fear there is a narrative that Democrats are useless while Bernie isn’t.
Democrats need to be more emotional in messaging. People that don’t understand policy need an emotional candidate to relate to.
That is an example of chronically online that is hard to ignore/explain away.
Bernie holding rallies is doing something.
The better way to understand it is age is only a problem if you are a democrat.
America can do better
It's Hakeem Jeffries really disappointing me. He's not up to the task.
I already knew not to expect much from Chuck Schumer. I'd like to see Brian Schatz or Chris Murphy take over
I meant entertainment. Republicans aren't demanding that Mike Johnson do a dance or give a speech.
They want votes
Congratulations on not knowing how government works.
I was on a Twitter.
Considering the loons Trump nominated, Rubio was the relative Normie. If you're going to vote for someone in the hopes that they moderate Trump views, he would be it. If he wasn't confirmed, who replaces him?
Alas, Rubio has less spine than Gumby.No real answer
So matters of degree do matter.
I can't stand the guy but we have to mitigate the damage as much as possible until the next election. Hopefully people won't be so petulant with their vote in 2026.
Any Dem leader who doesn't do the same must expect to be primaried and voted out.
Either join the cavalry or get out of our way.
if you just do some research, there's examples everywhere
He makes videos answering questions in a calm easy to understand way. It's quite refreshing.
@jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/live/9JBe0UMJ_9w?feature=shared
https://www.youtube.com/live/9JBe0UMJ_9w?feature=shared
Choice for the last month despite everything else going on.
Big fan.
The problem is the Democratic Party has done everything in their power to neutralize the kind of powerful leftist voices within the party.
Rep. Cori Bush and Rep. Jamaal Bowman were some of the best communicators.
But they were even better people.
https://people.com/politics/u-s-rep-cori-bush-camps-outside-capitol-to-protest-end-of-eviction-moratorium-amid-pandemic/
My rep was Katie Porter and the CA Dems had no space for her at the top, so Schiff backed a Republican so he could win.
They all should but they are way too concerned with false civility.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/09/authoritarians-like-trump-love-fear-defeatism-surrender-do-not-give-them-what-they-want?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
A lot of luck and chance go into success.
We are assigned to our preferred bubble.
But I was not thinking I was complaining...just making a comment.
If the person doesn't not know they are trapped, it is not against their will at all. I think there are many people who have no idea they are only seeing Qanon via Fox News in their preferred algorithm...and they seem to be very willful in that.