(Reposted from the 26th)
As they say in sports, “Go big or go home.”
Yes, ONE HUNDRED MILLION DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. Outlandish, you say? We went from 65 million for Clinton in 2016 to 81 million for Biden in 2020. IT CAN BE DONE.
Why am I urging this?
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE THIS TIME. EVERYTHING.
The Republicans are dead serious about putting the most corrupt, most treasonous, most criminal ex-”president” back in power. And they have big plans for all of us. They intend to forcibly impose a Right-wing Theocracy on the United States.
The new House Speaker is a terrifying fanatic, as we all know by now. I urge you to read this whole thread if you have any doubt:
Short summary: Johnson wants the Bible taught as “accurate history” in public schools. He is a big advocate of “covenant marriage” which binds women to husbands even if the husbands are abusive. He not only wants to see gay marriage abolished. He wants to see homosexual conduct itself made illegal. In 2016, Johnson proposed a bill that would protect clergy who didn't want to perform same-sex marriages. The bill was defeated after Johnson allegedly made "changes to the legislation that would have allowed clergy to refuse to perform marriages for interracial couples." Johnson wants ALL abortions FOR ANY REASON outlawed.
Btw, Johnson thinks he was “anointed” by God. He says there is no separation of Church and State in the Constitution. (He’s lying, of course.) He thinks women are breeding stock who should all be bearing children. He compares abortion to the Holocaust. He says mass shootings happen because we teach evolution in school. (He’s a lunatic Young Earth Creationist who thinks that Noah’s Ark was real.) HE WANTS A RIGHT-WING THEOCRACY. There can be no doubt any more.
This is who the MAGA types are. And they will all vote in 2024.
OUR TASK: THE GREATEST VOTER MOBILIZATION IN HISTORY.
Where to begin? We should take comfort in the fact that many people are already working on this. All of us should join their efforts. Here’s info you might find useful:
snowbored is posting OUTSTANDING diaries such as this
The list of state Democratic parties is HERE.
INFO PERTAINING TO 2023 GUBERNATORIAL RACES:
Check out this info from Digby’s blog on turning out Gen Z.
To reach younger voters, campaigns must have young people in the campaigns empowered to do outreach to young people. It’s their future on the line.
That outreach cannot happen just in the last three months ahead of an election. That effort should include digital channels, of course, but also constant presence on campuses. The challenge there is the constant turnover in student populations. Candidates and officials should regularly visit college campuses, and even high schools in states where 17 year-olds can register if they’ll be 18 by Election Day.
Invest in youth content creators/influencers. There is an inherent level of trust among youth with youth. Give them information to distribute, then step out of the way; let them create the content. It’s what they do best. If they have a million followers, TRUST THEM to push out your information in way that’s most effective. (Even if the campaign doesn’t “get it.”)
Read the whole thing. It’s outstanding.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN 2024. Enough to CRUSH Trump, enough to gain dozens of seats in the House, enough to retain the Senate, enough to make more inroads in state and local government.
I WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE THAT WILL HELP GET OUT THE VOTE. PLEASE PUT THEM IN THE COMMENTS.