• @Liberteez@lemm.ee
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      113 days 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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        113 days 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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          213 days 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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            113 days 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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          013 days 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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            112 days ago

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