Robert O’Rourke lost last night even though he raised more money than any other person who has ever run for the Senate. Hollywood dumped millions of dollars into his campaign hoping to beat Cruz … and Bob still lost.
T. Greg Doucette broke down the cost of each Beto vote in what turned into a fairly entertaining thread.
Enjoy.
US Senate for Texas
2012, Paul Sadler
Raised: $705,027
Votes: 3,194,927
$/Vote: $0.22 each2018, Beto O'Rourke
Raised: $69,240,350+
Votes (11:33pm ET): 3,413,259+
$/Vote: $20.29 eachAllllllll that money for just 200K+ more votes?
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
Holy INFLATION, Batman! The Left spent $20 per vote and they still couldn’t win in Texas.
What’s that old saying again? Oh yeah, don’t mess with Texas.
Annd let the shrieking begin:
that's a super dishonest/ over simplified look at it, but sure
— BB (@BrandonLBradfor) November 7, 2018
Math is dishonest.
K.
The data's pulled straight from the FEC and the NY Times vote totals. Nothing "dishonest" about it.https://t.co/ycANpebpyI
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
There’s a clear difference between data and interpretation, actually. Pretending otherwise is out of character, even if it’s for a pithy quip. You are saying that all other factors that sway an election are the same? Seriously?
— BB (@BrandonLBradfor) November 7, 2018
Doucette didn’t interpret the data, he just shared it.
*shrug*
No, I'm saying dropping 100x as much money for that end result is idiotic, and not the ROI of someone who could seriously threaten Donald Trump in 2020https://t.co/9V0hJ8TIFK
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
Ouch.
Oh yeah, that tidbit. Apparently, the Left thinks the guy who has never won anything is who they should run against Trump in 2020. They’ve compared him to Obama, but the thing about Obama was he had at least won a race.
Ol’ Bob hasn’t won anything. *womp womp*
Also, Beto raised that money, why shouldn't he spend it? Frankly, your take on this is bewilderingly myopic.
— David Turnau (@WhoIsDaveT) November 7, 2018
Beto raised the money.
Adorable.
Never claimed he shouldn't spend it. Just said he's not the Ds' answer for POTUS in two years.https://t.co/81DFMMuBbQ
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
That. ^
Radnofsky spent $0.96/vote when she lost to Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2006 midterms.
An era before iPhones and Twitter and etc.
If you think that's better because it's an "apples to apples comparison," ok I guess?
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
Math is so oppressive and stuff!
Cornyn/Alameel in 2014 was $6.44/vote
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
And Robert spent over 3x that amount per vote. Crazy.
Better than majoring in ad hominem
¯_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/MwMpOFskOk
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
They couldn’t deal with the numbers.
No, Dave, you didn't hurt my feelings. I've been called worse by better.https://t.co/FUb75KXb8H
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
HA HA HA HA.
Do you usually keep spastically replying to people like this? https://t.co/ooIoTKqeR8
— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) November 7, 2018
If you have to ask the answer is probably YES, yes they do.
Man, when you break it down like this, with cost per vote … this loss must REALLY hurt.
God bless Texas! 😉
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