I would note that even in this poll...Beshear has himself gained zero support. He is right where he was when this all started - in the upper 40s. Cameron was in the lower to mid 40s. This larger gap is due solely to the barrage of ads destroying Cameron’s image.
Bottom line: money matters. Ads and marketing matter. You can’t have months of ads running setting a narrative that you can’t counter or respond to.
This is what caused candidates to lose in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, and now again in 2023. Our candidates are left twisting in the wind.
The base cannot continue to sit on their behinds and keep their wallets closed, or this kind of result is inevitable. Just 1 million people chipping in a mere $20 to Cameron would have erased this problem. There are far more conservatives out there who could more than afford to do that for each candidate. The Democrat base does this every election, every candidate - even in races that are sure losers.
100% agree... The Dems have been MUCH better at using low-level, grass-roots organizing to raise money. The days of sending $500 - $5000 to a candidate are over. I wouldn't send $100 to anyone... but, I might well send $20, or $50.... several times.
We've GOT to find a way to develop this outreach, if we hope to win in the long run.