You know who else was a loser yesterday? DFA (Democracy for America)

[onenote]

DFA noisily pulled their support from Northam less than a week before the election, labelling him a "racist." Turns out that hardly anyone seemed to care.

[underpants]

1. ?

What/who is DFA?

[greeny2323]

4. Democracy For America n/t

[underpants]

5. Oh. I forgot. Yeah look pretty useless now.

[Gothmog]

2. Yep

The DFA attacked Northam who won without the support of this group

[RKP5637]

3. There are a bunch of DFA's, which one? n/t

[onenote]

6. Democracy for America

I'll edit the OP to make this clear.

[RKP5637]

7. Thanks!!!

[Madam45for2923]

8. They sure showed their true colors this election by chancing a Gillespie win.

Good to know that they cared so much about people in VA.

[brooklynite]

9. Has DFA had any effectiveness as an Independent Expenditure PAC?

I can't say I know of any successes they've had.

[zipplewrath]

10. A thought I've had for a while

I'd bet there is a small business opportunity in "scoring" the PAC's out there.
Keep track of who they support, what they spend, and what their apparent "effectiveness" is.
There is an industry out there whose only purpose is to make money off of politics and campaigns. They aren't ideologically driven, although they may specialize in certain kinds of candidates. But they generate the demand for consultants, and fund raising. I heard someone call it the "political industrial complex". It has exploded since Citizens United.

It would be valuable to track PAC's, and to some extent polling organizations, and keep track of effectiveness. It could start to undermine the claims of these "industries" on their value.

[mia]

13. "There is an industry out there whose only purpose is to make money off of politics and campaigns."

Well said and so true. My inbox is full of solicitations.

[crazycatlady]

11. They did an IE in the WA state senate race

Last night another key victory

[NCTraveler]

12. They literally tried to hurt Northams chances.

They proved that they are not only not needed, they are a detriment to us.

They are a Big Donor group with limited resources.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00370007

They have been steadily declining in their ability to raise funds over the last four years. Dean built them up and now they are going down.