Democrats aren't going to win elections again until they build a well-oiled information ecosystem

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44. THIS is only part of it

The national media, major media outlets are owned by the exact people and companies those media outlets should be watching over. A strong part of the Democratic Party message is we need a media free from the corruptive influence of oligarchs. Ditto for that influence in the political system. Which is the difficult part as many Dems also benefit from that same model, but it's corrupt to the core and inspires the idea both parties are "the same". We need to break that mold somehow, show how we are different and why it's better.

Short of that, yes getting the information out there is important, but the bottom line is TRUMP SELLS. He's a horrific pile of shit, but that's all anyone talks about and the reason he won is he understood his "celebrity". In the world of entertainment there is NO such thing as bad publicity. Rock stars who drink milk and lay in a hammock don't get run, but if they smash up cars or hotel rooms, make some insane comment or go streaking down Broadway they are IN THE spotlight, that's all you need to do. Again, the only thing worse than bad publicity is no publicity.

Trump understood that, just keep his name out there. Do whatever you can, say anything, the wilder the better, because if this comment offends 12 million people not to worry he'll just make another crazy comment tomorrow and the comment from yesterday goes poof. The end result? Everyone is still talking about Trump. Again, no such thing as bad publicity. Our election has now become a contest of "who will you remember" when you go into the booth. For the badly informed or lazy voter, they will mark in the box for the guy that has been pushed into their brain on a constant basis.

To see all the ballot initiates and even "policy" polling that both show a VERY STRONG favor toward the policies of the Democratic Party, WHY then do we lose? American people time and time again say they support our policies and most often by wide margins, THEN elect someone who would resist or reject those policies. In short, the Presidential election is not really about policy at all.