I think you are right in that we do need better leadership pipelines.
What I am seeing in political leadership pipelines though is that young white males get propped up by those systems. For example, on the right there is Ben Shapiro and James O'Keefe who should be in jail and not in leadership. On the left, we will still end up with young men who do not need money in leadership pipelines if we do not watch it. The field officers for the campaigns who go explain campaign stuff in states are usually young men who do not have to be concerned with making much money. We don't have the larger vision of "Let's kill the NRA" where Republicans did have the vision of "Let's kill ACORN."
After 2016, we got Run for Something to help Democratic leaders under 40 and Emerge (followed by the state name) designed to help women run for office.
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Date: 2020-09-02 05:50 pm (UTC)What I am seeing in political leadership pipelines though is that young white males get propped up by those systems. For example, on the right there is Ben Shapiro and James O'Keefe who should be in jail and not in leadership. On the left, we will still end up with young men who do not need money in leadership pipelines if we do not watch it. The field officers for the campaigns who go explain campaign stuff in states are usually young men who do not have to be concerned with making much money. We don't have the larger vision of "Let's kill the NRA" where Republicans did have the vision of "Let's kill ACORN."
After 2016, we got Run for Something to help Democratic leaders under 40 and Emerge (followed by the state name) designed to help women run for office.