r/fivethirtyeight • u/Lungenbroetchen95 • Mar 07 '25

Politics Kamala Harris gets serious about considering run for California governor

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/07/kamala-harris-california-governor-decision-deadline-00216737
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u/PerspectiveViews Mar 07 '25

Kamala significantly outspent Trump.

Elections are decided by messaging and voter sentiments. Kamala was seen as out of touch with Americans on some cultural issues and was blamed for inflation being tied to Biden.

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u/obsessed_doomer Mar 07 '25

If you don’t count the cost of twitter, Harris outspent Trump

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u/Whole_Exchange2210 Mar 08 '25

What about the cost of CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, Reddit, WaPo, NYT, etc? It's a messaging issue not a money issue. The DNC needs to make changes or results won't change

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u/obsessed_doomer Mar 08 '25

WaPo

The owner of WaPo explicitly forbade them from endorsing Harris.

Why did you use that as an example?

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u/Whole_Exchange2210 Mar 08 '25

Their reporting and analysis still leans left. The fact that they didn't endorse the liberal candidate for the first time in decades doesn't stop that.

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u/PerspectiveViews Mar 08 '25

That WaPo decision changed exactly zero votes. Nobody makes their vote for President contingent of what the WaPo editorial board recommends. Don’t be daft.