Philly Dem ward comttee internal vote drama (which is very much my jam) has me noticing that (a few) ward cttees in Philly have twitter accounts. AFAIK none in the city of Pittsburgh do. Which is striking as much for what it says about twitter as for what it says about Dem cttees
https://twitter.com/jongeeting/status/1416034782203547653
You might think that a platform that skews heavily Democratic & politically engaged would be a natural fit for entrepreneurial local Democratic organizations seeking to grow. But that hasn't generally been the case: and I'm not actually saying it should be. In part it's a good
reminder of just what a non-representative slice *even of very highly engaged Democrats* twitter captures: political twitter is decades younger, way more highly formally educated, & less female than the folks who make up the Democratic action-taking base even in big fancy cities
(ok Pittsburgh *wishes* it were fancy lol)
But still on the theory that you rob banks because that's where the money is, it does seem like if you're trying to bring new people into a local Dem org, a visible social media on-ramp might be one part? so shoutout to @phila2ndward+their excellent webste phila2ndward.org
and shout out to the @AwallDems, in this as in so much more punching above their weight 
Meanwhile of course, "trying to bring new people into a local Dem org" isn't actually what local Dem cttee insiders are necessarily aiming for at all. Bringing in new people tends to destabilize all kinds of things, leading to conflicts then shenanigans & then pushback like this:
There's a line of punditry concerned that progressive activists may not be pragmatic about what it takes to win elections. fwiw my observational Contrarian Hot Take is this in part reflects a Dem-side principal-agent problem, w/existing local Dem powerholders as interested agents
It's easy [see shenanigans, above] to disincentivize activists fr seeking to build via local electoral politcs. but in the long run doing the opposite & opening doors to real-world electoral effort+learning fits the interest of all: except local incumbents
https://twitter.com/lara_putnam/status/1380875450671640579
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