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[PatsFan87]

6. Recruiting stronger candidates

We had some great candidates (Hassan, Duckworth, Kander) and some not so great candidates (Strickland, Murphy, McGinty). Overall, we need less "establishment" picks and more outsiders who won't get tied to the establishment as easily. We need less lawyers/politicians running and more veterans, teachers, police officers, firefighters, laborers. Also, more younger people! We're not represented at all. I'd love to see younger candidates running on an "it's our time to take over" message- Kander did that this year and seamlessly used it against his corrupt opponent. We also need to stop recruiting candidates who might be good fundraisers but not good "messengers" if that makes sense. We've seen with Bernie that if someone has a consistent and strong message, people will throw 5, 10, 50 bucks their way.

We also need to do a better job of finding candidates that fit certain geographical areas. A woman name Emily Cain has run for the house in my state the last two cycles and she is NOT connecting. It's a more rural district. A "prepared, stiff, conventional insider" isn't going to work here. Most people here work with their hands (logging is big here). Get a laborer, a veteran, someone blue collar. Couple that with an updated FDR "people first" message and use ads, social media, etc. to LEAD with positions catered to rural America- broadband, farming, trade, less regulations on small business, some modern day trust busting perhaps? And choose town fairs, union halls, veterans halls over fancy fundraisers and press junkets (the optics of that is just tone deaf). Keep young people involved and utilize social media including reddit to fundraise and Facebook Live sessions, FB/twitter ads that can be a tad longer.