It was another newsletter day on Monday!
| Emails | Campaigns | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 6 | 1 |
| Non-Donor | 3 | 1 |
| Donor | 3 | 1 |
For all new readers: Welcome! I am currently on the mailing lists of 1 candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, but I’ve been on 28 mailing lists! This blog breaks down recent emails with charts and excerpts. If you already know all of this, feel free to skip to the next chart!
I signed up to all mailing lists either on May 21 or the day the candidate announced, whichever was later. Using a different email address, I have donated at least $1 to all candidates who have been on a debate stage (I have given additional donations to my preferred candidates through my personal email, but the campaigns have linked the two accounts together and may ask for more as a result).
When showing breakdowns by campaigns, there will usually be 2 numbers. Emails to my non-donor account will be indicated by a darker color/top bar in horizontal bar charts. Emails to my donor account will be indicated by a lighter color/bottom bar.
Unless otherwise specified, all other charts combine the donor and non-donor numbers, as they are roughly 1-for-1, so the percentages and relative differences don’t change much. You can divide the numbers in half to get the rough estimate for what someone not signed up twice would be receiving. The rules I try to follow for the various categories are laid out in The Framework.
If you want specific data on any particular day, feel free to drop a comment!
Joe Biden sent 3 emails on Monday, as expected.
One of Biden’s emails was his regular newsletter, which invited me to attend events, ask him questions, donate to a charity providing meals for hungry children across America, read various articles and watch various videos, and donate to his campaign.
One of Biden’s fundraising emails was actually focused on one of Trump’s fundraising emails, which I highlighted a few days ago.
He goes on to talk about how this email isn’t true and barely even makes sense. Between this email and an answer in his newsletter, it really highlights the difference between Biden and Trump.
Question from Judy in Iowa: We lost our neighbor recently to COVID-19, it’s been really hard on the whole community. Do you have any words for those of us grieving? We certainly aren’t hearing any empathy from the current president.
To those who have lost someone to COVID-19, I know you feel like there’s a black hole in your chest, and you’re being sucked into it. I know you’re frightened and you’re scared, and you don’t know what to do. All I can tell you is that it will take time. But in time, you will find, it will happen that you will think of that son, daughter, husband, wife, mother, father, grandparent, friend, neighbor, that you lost, and you’re gonna get a smile on your lips before you get a tear in your eye. And that’s when you know you’re gonna make it. And I’ve found, in my experience, the way to get there is finding a purpose. Purpose will drive you. Purpose will help you feel like you can control your life again.And the purpose will be, for many of us after this, what do we do to make life better? How do we make life better for other people? How could we have avoided what happened here? What are we going to do for the first responders who risked their lives and how are we going to make sure that after this they get a fair deal for their sacrifice? And the time will come to fight for this new purpose and for each other.
But in the meantime, your lost family member, neighbor, friend, is with you. They are in your soul, they are part of who you are. And you will get through this, and you will find purpose, and you will help so many people. I promise.
Joe Biden
Just imagine Trump answering that question. There is no question, out of the two choices available to us, who we need as our President next year.
