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Dave Wasserman

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252 total appearances

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The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Right. And to some extent, Facebook has filled the void in these communities in warped ways. You know what's really filling the void in a lot of communication in these races is Super PACs. And I've even seen a lot of Super PACs resorting to creating mailers that resemble local newspapers.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Right. And to some extent, Facebook has filled the void in these communities in warped ways. You know what's really filling the void in a lot of communication in these races is Super PACs. And I've even seen a lot of Super PACs resorting to creating mailers that resemble local newspapers.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

I think when there is a competitive primary for a safe seat, which is really the scenario that generates most new members of Congress, you almost have to have a soft dollar component in addition to the hard campaign dollars, right? Because when you're trying to break through in a crowded field, unless you're a are injecting personal wealth.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

I think when there is a competitive primary for a safe seat, which is really the scenario that generates most new members of Congress, you almost have to have a soft dollar component in addition to the hard campaign dollars, right? Because when you're trying to break through in a crowded field, unless you're a are injecting personal wealth.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

I think when there is a competitive primary for a safe seat, which is really the scenario that generates most new members of Congress, you almost have to have a soft dollar component in addition to the hard campaign dollars, right? Because when you're trying to break through in a crowded field, unless you're a are injecting personal wealth.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

You've got to have wealthy outside allies or friends to be able to maintain pace. I think it's very, very rare to see a shoe leather campaign that's raising money in hard dollar limited increments end up succeeding on that alone these days.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

You've got to have wealthy outside allies or friends to be able to maintain pace. I think it's very, very rare to see a shoe leather campaign that's raising money in hard dollar limited increments end up succeeding on that alone these days.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

You've got to have wealthy outside allies or friends to be able to maintain pace. I think it's very, very rare to see a shoe leather campaign that's raising money in hard dollar limited increments end up succeeding on that alone these days.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Yeah. You know, most of the overwhelming share is spent on TV, but I have seen mailers in particular that resemble them. I think DMFI engaged in some of that in Democratic primaries.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Yeah. You know, most of the overwhelming share is spent on TV, but I have seen mailers in particular that resemble them. I think DMFI engaged in some of that in Democratic primaries.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Yeah. You know, most of the overwhelming share is spent on TV, but I have seen mailers in particular that resemble them. I think DMFI engaged in some of that in Democratic primaries.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Got it. Yeah. Die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel. Ja, die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel, danke. Genau. Du hast auch American Bridge gesehen, das ist ein großer Super-Pack, der ein paar Pfeilchen schreibt, die aus den lokalen Zeitungen aussehen, um in 2024 Städte zu beeinflussen. Aber ja, es ist eine Trendlinie, die die Linien weiter verweigert.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Got it. Yeah. Die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel. Ja, die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel, danke. Genau. Du hast auch American Bridge gesehen, das ist ein großer Super-Pack, der ein paar Pfeilchen schreibt, die aus den lokalen Zeitungen aussehen, um in 2024 Städte zu beeinflussen. Aber ja, es ist eine Trendlinie, die die Linien weiter verweigert.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Got it. Yeah. Die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel. Ja, die demokratische Mehrheit für Israel, danke. Genau. Du hast auch American Bridge gesehen, das ist ein großer Super-Pack, der ein paar Pfeilchen schreibt, die aus den lokalen Zeitungen aussehen, um in 2024 Städte zu beeinflussen. Aber ja, es ist eine Trendlinie, die die Linien weiter verweigert.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Well, in terms of the PVI range of, let's take R plus 5 to D plus 5, it bottomed out at 71 seats after Trump was elected. That was down 57% from 164 in 1999. We've rebounded a bit to 87 because we've had a number of of Hispanic majority districts and kind of, you know, in that 50 to 70 percent white range of districts that have become less solidly blue.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Well, in terms of the PVI range of, let's take R plus 5 to D plus 5, it bottomed out at 71 seats after Trump was elected. That was down 57% from 164 in 1999. We've rebounded a bit to 87 because we've had a number of of Hispanic majority districts and kind of, you know, in that 50 to 70 percent white range of districts that have become less solidly blue.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

Well, in terms of the PVI range of, let's take R plus 5 to D plus 5, it bottomed out at 71 seats after Trump was elected. That was down 57% from 164 in 1999. We've rebounded a bit to 87 because we've had a number of of Hispanic majority districts and kind of, you know, in that 50 to 70 percent white range of districts that have become less solidly blue.

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

That's not to say that we've had this big resurgence in Now, the other component of that is that there are some previously R-plus-5 or more suburbs that are now in that strike zone. And Democrats have flipped a lot of those in 2018 and have maintained control of them. And the big trade in the Trump era is...

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

That's not to say that we've had this big resurgence in Now, the other component of that is that there are some previously R-plus-5 or more suburbs that are now in that strike zone. And Democrats have flipped a lot of those in 2018 and have maintained control of them. And the big trade in the Trump era is...

The Chuck ToddCast
Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?

That's not to say that we've had this big resurgence in Now, the other component of that is that there are some previously R-plus-5 or more suburbs that are now in that strike zone. And Democrats have flipped a lot of those in 2018 and have maintained control of them. And the big trade in the Trump era is...