👆 And dude kept the swing to Trump to just 1.5 points in WI -- lowest of any swing state in the country, & compared to a 6-point nat'l swing.

We lost ALL the swing states. To get someone whose state Harris won, by definition it's a Blue state Dem who's never run a real Pres race. Bad strategy.

100% agree. Got a firsthand look of his leadership as a volunteer for the Wisconsin Dems. If there’s anyone that can organize on a grass level in Midwestern states it’s Ben Wikler

If you want someone from a state that Harris won, you're by definition gonna get someone from a blue state who hasn't had to fight a close presidential race. That's a terrible way to choose a party leader.

WI had the smallest swing towards Trump (1.5 points) of any swing states (around 3 points on average) and much lower than the national swing (around 6 points). Meanwhile, they won down the ballot, when by all rights they should have lost seats. Ben pulled off a downright miracle.

....If we had strong parties, the party could own it. But we don't. Instead we have two marketplaces, Democratic and Republican, and entrepreneurs who compete for those brands." 2/2

Why hello! Fancy seeing you here 😁 Played any good board games recently?

Fun fact #3: Blue Sky CEO Jay Graber's birth name is Lantian Graber. In Mandarin, Lantian means "blue sky" -- her mom, who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, gave her the name, as a wish for her to have "boundless freedom"!

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Fun fact #2: The CEO of Blue Sky Social goes by Jay Graber, which immediately conjured up a typical 27-yo white dude tech founder in my mind. But actually, she's a Chinese-Swiss-American woman!

Fun Blue Sky fact #1. The underlying technology was Jack Dorsey's pet project he set up separate entity contracting with Twitter. But when Elon took over, he wasn't interested and Blue Sky -- just 3 people then! -- were left out in the cold. They've made their own way since...

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