Hi Friends,
I wanted to say hello and congratulations to KBJ, and to all of us!!
But I also wanted to share a change my wife and I have made to our Democratic donation strategy.
As many of you know I’ve been a grassroots campaign volunteer, donor, canvasser and paid campaign worker over the years. (As well as a blogger sometimes.)
Here’s what’s changing for me…
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In the 2018 campaign cycle I focused my energy on taking back the House of Representatives. When we won, and I looked back on our donations it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Almost every candidate we donated to...won!!! How smart we felt we were!
In the 2020 election, I put 100% of my blog and donation energy to supporting local state legislative candidates in “stretch” elections in key battleground states like AZ, PA, MI, WI and GA. Looking back on 2020, I’m proud that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won those states, but the individual state legislative races we supported resulted in loss after loss after loss.
In 2022 and 2024, we’re going to do something differently.
Maybe you’ll think about it, too.
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Our donations are now going to State Democratic parties.
We don’t have unlimited funds so we’re donating to the Democratic Party in NV, AZ, WI, MI, PA, OH, GA, and NC.
Every month, like clockwork, the state Democratic parties in these 8 states will get our small donations to fund their efforts.
For the next 3 years.
Sure, we’ll splurge and make a donation to support the odd Bake Back Better or Sister District campaign, but, for the most part, we’re taking the money that we would have ‘targeted’ at individual races, and we’re handing it over to the State parties in core battleground states.
Every single month.
We may keep our volunteering aligned with our values and our progressive hopes, but our “dues” will go to Democrats on the front lines of the battle to win key states.
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And if you’re looking for a validation of this strategy just look at the photo above, from the AZ Democratic Party.
Here’s part of the email they shared:
Investing in Tribal and Rural Voters is a Smart Move
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So, if you’d like to join us (and maybe avoid the feeling that millions of us felt when we realized the millions of our dollars failed, by a huge margin, to unseat Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnell...) take a look at the donation pages below, or pick some states of your own.
Donate to local Democrats on the frontlines!
NV, AZ, WI, MI, PA, OH, GA, and NC.