The cause of Kamala Harris’s disastrous failure in the 2024 presidential election will forever be debated, but there are good reasons to believe the Israeli genocide in Gaza played a significant role.
Seriously, the people who hold Precinct level roles in the party have a minimum age of 55. They physically can’t knock on all the doors. They NEED young people to be gung-ho enough to be shipped in as “Field Organizers” and worked 80 hours a week for sub-fast food wages* to campaign the way they want to.
At least I experienced that first hand in 2016. Hopefully wages have gotten better since then 👀
Seriously, the people who hold Precinct level roles in the party have a minimum age of 55. They physically can’t knock on all the doors. They NEED young people to be gung-ho enough to be shipped in as “Field Organizers” and worked 80 hours a week for sub-fast food wages* to campaign the way they want to.
Unless the wages have literally doubled since then…