What power? The 50 State Strategy Project power; the group that puts the WE in PoWEr. How do we do it? The "50 State Strategy Project" is a Daily Kos group, the membership of which is comprised of administrators, editors, and frequent contributors, of the geographic, issue, and identity groups currently on Daily Kos.
In short, within this one group, resides the ability to reach nearly every user of Daily Kos. That is, as I quote Dr. Reid all the time, indeed, "a formidable force".
The "50 State Strategy Project" is an offshoot of "DK Fans of 90 for 90". These groups are dedicated to: voters, voting, voter registration, voter education, voter activation; yeah.....stuff having to do with voting. It’s been proven that when more voters vote, they vote for Democrats.
Candidates too; voters vote for candidates. Elections are won and lost by vote tallies. I met a guy at a party this winter who had lost an election by 400 votes. He was a bit down about it. I was excited for him, I clapped him on the back an told him how cool that was, for sure he is going to win next time!
Votes are the "sine qua non" of elections, the crux of the biscuit, the apostrophe. "Without which, there is none". Votes and voters are what make an election, yet there is way too little focus on year round registration and participation.
Both of these groups, DK Fans of 90 for 90 and the 50 State Strategy Project are guided by the "pole star" light of Dr. Ferguson Reid's decades of trailblazing, helping voters and candidates find their ways through the thick overgrowth that is "electoral politics".
Well, ok technically The "pole star" is the North Star, the fixed point in the night sky, that voyagers have used to navigate for millennia. So maybe we need to name a star after Dr. Reid, “The South Star”, he sure deserves it.
So there it is. We're going to write about voting, candidates, elections, registering to vote, "GET OUT THE VOTE", and a whole lot more; we'll do it regionally and nationally, please join us. Check both groups diary list to see what has been published and republished about your state, your neighboring state, your home state, or just your favorite state.
Oh and there will be music too. Lots and lots of music.