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Not_Helping

Considering the growth of this sub, it's strange that Pete's sub hasn't hit 30k. (I like Pete)

This isn't a knock on Pete.

In fact, I took WaPo's policy quiz and Pete is my number #2 apparently. It definitely made me examine him more. So I went to Pete's sub and was shocked that it hasn't cracked 30k. What's going on? I know the argument is his team has boots on the ground instead of the internet. But you can be both. If you're passionate about Pete, you're gonna consume all the Pete content you can. And he has a young energized base. He's a media darling and is popular on Reddit.

I remember a year ago when this sub had like 12k and Pete had 20k. I thought, "we're never going to catch up with them." So weird.

Posted Jan 25, 2020, 9:48 AM UTC

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czenris•

I think it goes both ways. We overestimate the importance of reddit abd social media. Many americans who vote do not consume information like we do.

But also i feel pete's national support is overesimated in iowa. He has banked 100% of his resources there and is no doubt a contender in iowa. But iowa is small despite its huge importance and pete's national momentum isnt nearly as great.

That can change significantly however if he performs in the early states. Which is why iowa is packed to the brim now.

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src44:campaign: Yang Gang for Life :square-obama-tiny:•

my reasoning : much of his support is 50+ old people ....and our base is exact opposite....

Even in all those polls he doesn’t perform that good in 20’s and 30’s age people ...and reddit is full of those section of people primarily

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ataraxia77Yang Gang•

They're all out canvassing and talking to their neighbors.

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Not_HelpingOP:donor:•

I know but those things aren't mutually exclusive.

I'm close to max donations. I buy merch. I wear my Yang gear around town. We have Yang bumper stickers. I've told all my friends, family and more and more co-workers. The only reason I can't phone bank is because of my long work hours. My point is I still seek out Yang discussion. You'd think in their downtime they would too. I just found it strange especially since they were skyrocketing early in the year with their subs.

Pete is for sure a top 4 contender especially in Iowa, but I just thought they'd have a bigger online presence given that Pete is the youngest candidate. I am no way underestimating Pete. I think he'll shock some people as well.

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ataraxia77Yang Gang•

People here have an inflated sense of the importance of reddit in the lives of Americans, especially in the lives of older Americans (who make up a lot of Pete's support base). Not to mention a good portion of the people on this sub are not American or too young to vote, so irrelevant to vote counts.

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Not_HelpingOP:donor:•

Yeah, true about this sub having more international subscribers. I was just shocked Pete's sub was so low when they got to 25k so quickly last year in a short amount of time.

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yincels•

Yeah, they overtook us around 22k but since then, their growth has been exceedingly slow for some reason, maybe some pete supporters can shed light

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Yanging247•

Pete has little online presence, his focus has always been on the ground game.

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_BlackMind_•

Pete his base is actually older people. He polls always in the low single digit with young people This is also why his subreddit growth stagnated.

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Pro_Echidna•

I remember a year ago when this sub had like 12k and Pete had 20k. I thought, "we're never going to catch up with them." So weird.

Around that time, r/WayOfTheBern (created in 2016) was at 30k. Warren also struggles to crack 30k. Pete is dropping in reddit subs on some days. Take a look at Yang's twitter growth compare to others. Yang gains 2-5times more than Pete daily.

Most recent twitter gains, Yang: 2829, Pete: 406.

https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/andrewyang

https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/petebuttigieg

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karijuly•

Pete has more followers than Andrew on Twitter. I was hoping we would catch up but seems like his followers are growing at about the same rate.

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Not_HelpingOP:donor:•

This is a good point.

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Thus_Spoke•

FYI, WAPO's quiz is designed to push you towards their preferred candidates.

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