Crystal Stanford

Political digital ads, internet culture, and existential dread

[Robyn Patterson @RM_Patterson]

. @AnnieAndrewsMD’s victory was supposed to surprise you. But more importantly, it was supposed to surprise national Republicans.

Smart insight from @JoshuaKarp on how his team advised the campaign on managing the attention economy.

https://t.co/2F64gN7vyZ

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

Watching people on Twitter learn that Annie Andrews is a certified Real One has been prolonging the magic of Tuesday for me.

[ettingermentum @ettingermentum]

Important lore here is that Andrews’ posting history makes it clear that she is a very committed liberal. She once posted that the Republican Party should be “lit on fire & thrown in the dumpster & plunged into the deepest depths of the ocean never to be seen again.”

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

@andyvolosky Congrats Andy! 👏

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

Semafor: Annie Andrews knew she was winning in October — but kept the poll secret

On Oct. 5, the Andrews campaign received a poll showing her with a 3-point lead over Graham. But the Democrat’s campaign decided against publicly releasing the poll — or any subsequent internal poll — showing Andrews with a lead over Graham, wary of drawing too much attention from national Republicans and jeopardizing a peak at the right time, according to Chas Goldman, a strategist for Andrews.

https://t.co/B2Nyha1qDU

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

Told ya

[Dan Gottlieb @DanGottlieb_]

They’re calling it the Boba Bounce™

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

@mayadeogun yes maya!!

[Maya Deogun @mayadeogun]

🤭

[Troy Jackson @TroyJackson207]

Maine, I owe you everything.

I’m ready to get to work for Mainers in the U.S. Senate, and I promise you this: I’ll never forget where I came from or who I’m fighting for.

Thank you. Let’s go build a government that works for all of us.

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

South Carolina, you have shown the nation — in an era of partisan divides, of vitriol and namecalling, in a politics dominated by billionaires, special interests, and insiders in Washington — that we will not bow down.

We will not back down. And we will chart our own course.

[Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ]

Decision Desk HQ projects Annie Andrews wins the SC US Senate General Election

#DecisionMade: 9:54 PM EST

Follow live results here: https://t.co/Ay5OSp1v3i

[Zach @whynotqat]

@semperrgumby

[emilie @emiliepfrank]

playing vitamin c’s graduation and reflecting on:
- oyster farmer withdraws from ballot
- two dan sullivans
- vivek exploiting child abuse
- benedict haley stevens
- roger marshall suing his patients
- lindsey graham dying
- ken paxton’s eye

[Max Steele @maxasteele]

A Democrat whenever anything good happens:

[Alex Jacquez @AlexSJacquez]

Don’t understand the concept of an “election night watch party” at all. Election night is not for socializing. It’s for looking at your phone and throwing up

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

My 2026 hot take is that the favorable polling and good vibes for Dems is depressing fundraising in the final stretch. This is all Actblue data. Another case of what's good for America is bad for fundraising.

(Wish I had 2018 data. Lmk if you have that! Would love to compare.)

[Troy Jackson @TroyJackson207]

I’ve been in this fight my whole life.

Don’t ever let them make you feel powerless. When working people stand together, there’s nothing we can’t do.

Today is the last day to vote early. Let’s go win this thing, Maine.

[Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin]

Every Dem is using a sophisticated model called “PTSD” that subtracts 5 points from every red state Dem and 10 for Maine and South Carolina

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

@davidshor Donate to Troy Jackson for similar reasons! https://t.co/TbnQV7UFt1

[Crystal Stanford @CeeStan]

@burgessev Troy Jackson posted $20.4 million. 4x Susan's raised.