'You can never overestimate how much it just comes down to the candidate being able to connect with other people.”
Fundraising poses a chicken-and-the-egg dilemma because the more you raise, the easier it is to raise more. After a candidate gets a few big checks, the momentum can propel them forward. And yet, across electoral politics, fundraising is used as a tool to consider a candidate’s viability.
“Especially early in a campaign, you know, the way we can measure a candidate's viability or electability is fundraising,” Litman says, noting that this holds true especially in smaller races where there is no available polling. “It is a very problematic metric,” she adds, pointing to bias against women, people of color, and young people. "Basically, everyone but rich, old, white men.”
And yet, Frost, who is Afro-Latino and could be the first Gen Z'er elected to Congress, has been one of the most successful Gen Z fundraisers. “You really cannot create magic out of nothing,” McAnespie says. “I think the young people running who are succeeding are the ones that folks know are genuine.
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