Teachers in red states are rising up and fighting for education funding. Southern voters say they'd pay higher taxes for better schools. And in some states, those two facts could help boost Democrats come November:
Ms. Abraham typically votes Republican, but said, “I would switch party lines” in order to support candidates who want to increase education funding. “I am very disappointed in the Republican Party we have locally,” she said. [...]
The education issue appears most likely to affect governor and state legislative races where school funding is most directly at stake. In some states, however, important federal offices are also on the ballot and mobilization among teachers and education-minded voters could raise turnout in perhaps half a dozen contested races for the House and Senate.
Republicans want their kids to get a good education, too, as it turns out. And while it’s rarely worth compromising progressive values in the (usually vain) hope of luring Republican voters, if any number of them are willing to come over for the sake of a good issue, then let’s welcome them with open arms.
But most of all, this teacher organizing and activism is what resistance looks like. This is what building worker power looks like. And this is the kind of mobilization we need to elect the right people in November, and to pass the right policies no matter who is in office.