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> how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below Watch his ad: https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 https://twitter.com/kerpe
by busymom0 5y ago
> how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below
Watch his ad:
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20
The "ad" looks like it could have been easily created on an old phone. It's a very basic ad, nothing special. Look at his twitter feed. The campaign material all looks very basic like it was created by his kids or someone. (Not saying that's a bad thing - I kinda like it as it looks more grassroots).
https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240 https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240
And based on archive, the day before election, his twitter only had 1556 followers meaning he didn't do any "online" reach out.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.c...
Also notice the top header photo on his archive twitter. It's just a stock photo with watermark still on the pic. Looks like an extremely lean campaign.
In a past interview from August, he stated:
> “Well, I’m a numbers guy and I’ve looked at the numbers over the years,” Durr said in an August interview conservative commentator Elizabeth Nader. “We have a district that is 150,00 voters. Senator Sweeney has never broken 32,000 votes …. and so I felt if he can’t even get half the district, that means there’s numbers out there to be taken, and you just have to get people to come out and vote. I believe if they come out and vote, we could win,” Sweeney said.
Reaching out and getting 20% to vote isn't that hard in a 150k size. So this looks like simply approaching maybe a few thousand families and houses and asking them to vote for him.
- vxNsr 5y agoI mean the transition from talking about his kids to a shot of gravestones is... jarring, it's def a home made video and that's what makes it work.