"In the current media ecosystem, Republicans own and Democrats rent. Democrats pay for seasonal access to the networks, stations, platforms, and newspapers owned by Republicans or right-wing entities, to advertise and communicate with voters."
"Democrats and partner organizations make massive investments in media towards the end of an election cycle and then go dark – while right-wing organizations have as a more consistent spend."
"In their post-election interviews with the party, Future Forward's principals were refreshingly transparent and forthcoming, and their argument about making the economy case holds salience, as it was a top issue for voters and drove voter choice. The problem is Harris lost the economic argument. The national exit polling indicates Harris lost the 32 percent of voters who identified the economy as their most important issue by 18 to 81, a negative 63 percent margin; and lost voters earning between $30,000 and $100,000 (48
percent of the electorate) 46-52 a negative six-point margin.
This is the url to the actual report. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28139536/may-20-2026....
Here are some quotes from the report:
"In the current media ecosystem, Republicans own and Democrats rent. Democrats pay for seasonal access to the networks, stations, platforms, and newspapers owned by Republicans or right-wing entities, to advertise and communicate with voters."
"Democrats and partner organizations make massive investments in media towards the end of an election cycle and then go dark – while right-wing organizations have as a more consistent spend."
"In their post-election interviews with the party, Future Forward's principals were refreshingly transparent and forthcoming, and their argument about making the economy case holds salience, as it was a top issue for voters and drove voter choice. The problem is Harris lost the economic argument. The national exit polling indicates Harris lost the 32 percent of voters who identified the economy as their most important issue by 18 to 81, a negative 63 percent margin; and lost voters earning between $30,000 and $100,000 (48 percent of the electorate) 46-52 a negative six-point margin.