
Thu. 01/02 – Castro Drops Out
01/02/20 • 17 min
Julián Castro drops out, the state of the race right now, new fundraising numbers are here, how a lack of polling data has collided with January’s DNC debate, the impeachment update, and Pete Buttigieg is no longer Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign (NYT)
- Castro Policy Proposals (Julián 2020)
- Election Ride Home, June 27, 2019: The Math, After (ERH)
- Castro video announcing his campaign suspension (Dropbox)
- FiveThirtyEight Latest Polls (FiveThirtyEight)
- Sanders Campaign Raises $34.5 Million in Fundraising Surge (WSJ)
- Sanders on 5 million donations (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders on overall Q4 fundraising (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders donors are not capped out (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
- Buttigieg Campaign Says It Raised $24.7 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Andrew Yang Raised $16.5 Million in the Last 3 Months, His Campaign Says (NYT)
- Gabbard raises $3.4 million but lags behind 2020 frontrunners (Politico)
- Trump campaign credits impeachment for massive $46 million fundraising haul (Politico)
- Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? [historical comparison] (NYT)
- In Leaked Memo, Andrew Yang Asks DNC for More Debate Polls (The Daily Beast)
- Steyer agrees with Yang (Twitter/Tom Steyer)
- DNC responds to Yang (Twitter/Julia Jester)
- Why we don't really know who is ahead in Iowa right now (CNN)
- Comparison of polling in Nov/Dec 2015 vs 2019 (Twitter/Patrick Murray)
- Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion (NYT)
- He’s Not ‘Mayor Pete’ Anymore: Buttigieg’s Successor Is Sworn In (NYT)
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Julián Castro drops out, the state of the race right now, new fundraising numbers are here, how a lack of polling data has collided with January’s DNC debate, the impeachment update, and Pete Buttigieg is no longer Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign (NYT)
- Castro Policy Proposals (Julián 2020)
- Election Ride Home, June 27, 2019: The Math, After (ERH)
- Castro video announcing his campaign suspension (Dropbox)
- FiveThirtyEight Latest Polls (FiveThirtyEight)
- Sanders Campaign Raises $34.5 Million in Fundraising Surge (WSJ)
- Sanders on 5 million donations (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders on overall Q4 fundraising (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Sanders donors are not capped out (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
- Buttigieg Campaign Says It Raised $24.7 Million in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 (NY Mag/Intelligencer)
- Andrew Yang Raised $16.5 Million in the Last 3 Months, His Campaign Says (NYT)
- Gabbard raises $3.4 million but lags behind 2020 frontrunners (Politico)
- Trump campaign credits impeachment for massive $46 million fundraising haul (Politico)
- Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? [historical comparison] (NYT)
- In Leaked Memo, Andrew Yang Asks DNC for More Debate Polls (The Daily Beast)
- Steyer agrees with Yang (Twitter/Tom Steyer)
- DNC responds to Yang (Twitter/Julia Jester)
- Why we don't really know who is ahead in Iowa right now (CNN)
- Comparison of polling in Nov/Dec 2015 vs 2019 (Twitter/Patrick Murray)
- Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion (NYT)
- He’s Not ‘Mayor Pete’ Anymore: Buttigieg’s Successor Is Sworn In (NYT)
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Special episode! An interview with Pat Maloney, a former campaign staffer, about on-the-ground Iowa presidential campaigns.
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- The History of the Walkman: 35 Years of Iconic Music Players (The Verge)
- Iowa Democratic Party Events (MobilizeAmerica)
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Fri. 01/03 – The Money Train Rolls On
Joe Biden’s Q4 numbers are out, Elizabeth Warren’s Q4 numbers are out, Amy Klobuchar’s Q4 numbers are out, Marianne Williamson lays off her campaign staff but does not drop out, Mike Bloomberg is officially skipping Nevada, Iowa announces 99 satellite caucuses, the impeachment update, and more about that January DNC debate.
Links:
- Chris Higgins on Twitter
- Chris Higgins on Instagram
- Election Ride Home on Twitter
- Election Ride Home on Facebook
- Biden raises $23 million in 4th quarter, his top result to date (Politico)
- Biden fundraising interpretation (Twitter/Alex Setiz-Wald)
- Warren 4th quarter fundraising dips to $21.2 million (Politico)
- Klobuchar posts personal-best $11.4 million fundraising quarter (Politico)
- Amy Klobuchar Raised $11.4 Million in Fourth Quarter, Her Campaign Says (NYT)
- Montellaro tweet on fundraising vs Bloomberg spending (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- Tweet re Williamson layoffs (Twitter/Ed O’Keefe)
- Williamson tweet re fundraising (Twitter/The Debate Tracker)
- Williamson statement re staying in the race without staff (Twitter/John DiStaso)
- Marianne Williamson pledges to stay in 2020 race with 'volunteer' campaign staff (Politico)
- Bloomberg fails to file for Nevada Democratic caucuses (Politico)
- Iowa Democratic Party Announces Satellite Caucus Locations for 2020 Caucuses (Iowa Democratic Party)
- List of satellite caucus locations (Google/Iowa Democratic Party)
- Schumer calls newly unredacted emails a 'devastating blow' to Trump's allies on impeachment (The Guardian)
- Schiff remarks on emails (The Guardian)
- DNC Announces Details For Seventh Democratic Presidential Primary Debate (DNC)
- What you need to know about the January Democratic debate (WaPo)
- MSNBC clip explaining the early-voting state drought (Twitter/Yobel MuChang)
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