• @Liberteez@lemm.ee
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    671 month ago

    I used to be shocked Biden was #1 in 2019. Turns out, name recognition matters more than anything else, and Harris had a historic campaign budget. (Not that it was used well, but AOC has never had that level of PR)

    • FartsWithAnAccent
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      371 month ago

      Not so sure about that, I knew who Cortez was years before I recognized Harris and I’m not in either of their districts.

      • @golli@lemm.ee
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        241 month ago

        But you are commenting on Lemmy, which i’d argue makes you atypical and your media/news consumption probably looks very different to that of the average American.

        • FartsWithAnAccent
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          91 month ago

          Technically I’m on Mbin, but I get your point.

          That said, I was hearing her name in broadcast and print news reports way before Harris and I visit a wide variety of websites.

      • @xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        161 month ago

        that’s not because of pr or an ad campaign, that’s because she says important things when nobody else will, and because the gop has had a massive hate/racist fit about her for years…

        • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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          21 month ago

          “Ehrmagerd we’ll be forced to live in unpolluted cities where everything’s within a 15-minute walk! I’d rather die!”