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Frank D. Lincoln

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Wed Aug 28, 2024, 06:21 PM Aug 2024

DU, what do you think about this idea - 'Cross Promotion' for Our Democratic Politicians.

In marketing, cross promotion is the use of one product or service to promote another. That same concept could be applied to political campaigns.

Since the presidency and congress are so interdependent in order to pass and enact legislation, wouldn't it be effective if Harris-Walz and congressional Democrats start "cross promoting" one another in every political ad between now and November to influence voters to vote a straight Democratic ticket?

These political ads would then work synergistically, be more powerful, be more effective, and be more cost-effective. Also, these ads would repeat the concept of voting a straight Democratic ticket over and over until it gets completely embedded into the consciousness of voters, making it more likely that they'll in fact vote a straight Democratic ticket.

So, for example, every single Kamala Harris political ad could end with something like this: "Please vote a straight Democratic ticket so that Republicans in Congress can't block the policies that you want" or "Please vote for Democrats up and down the ballot so that Democrats can pass and sign into law the policies that you want." (It could be worded better, but you get the point.)

And every single political ad for a Democratic U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator could state at the end: "Please vote for Democrats up and down the ballot so that congressional Democrats can pass the legislation that you want and Kamala Harris can sign it into law."

The bottom line is that every single dollar spent on every single political ad by every single Democratic politician would be promoting all Democratic politicians thus increasing all of their chances of winning in November.

This approach would likely greatly reduce the number of voters who vote a mixed ticket.



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DU, what do you think about this idea - 'Cross Promotion' for Our Democratic Politicians. (Original Post) Frank D. Lincoln Aug 2024 OP
depends on various campaign finance laws. nt msongs Aug 2024 #1
Break the law, pay the ethics commission fines. cachukis Aug 2024 #2
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