Did Hartzell Gray FINALLY Prove That Social Media Doesn't Win Local Elections?!?!

Rather than focus on socialism we look at another social ill that might be worse . . .

WILL LOCAL KANSAS CITY CANDIDATES FINALLY REALIZE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS DOESN'T ASSURE ELECTION VICTORY?!?!  

Probably not.

Why . . .

Because online likes & shares are mental junk food and far to enticing for politicos to ever resist. 

Meanwhile . . .

Ground game investment, real world organizing and doing anything besides constant attention-seeking is also a clever strategy that doesn't get enough credit. 

In the meantime . . . We'll share this bit of Fox news gloating in a surprisingly close contest where the winner earned very little social media love, virtually no national support and not even a quick wink or shout out from Hasan Piker . . . Check-it:   

"His appearance on Piker’s show helped turn an otherwise low-profile Missouri primary into a small test case for the party’s socialist left, which has increasingly relied on social media personalities, small-dollar donors and activist networks to build support outside traditional party structures.

"Gray’s campaign said viewers gave more than $30,000 after the Piker appearance. He later appeared on The Majority Report, another left-leaning online program, as his campaign sought to translate national attention into turnout in Kansas City."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Socialist tenant organizer who blasted 'sell-out Democrats' loses Midwest primary

Kansas City tenant organizer Hartzell Gray lost the Democratic nomination in Missouri's 4th Congressional District, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and small-dollar funds.