Organizing: mobilizing progressive voters in key states

[teaotter]

Democracy in Color and the American Majority Project Research Institute just released their roadmap for retaking the House and state legislatures through mobilizing progressive voters in key states.

Their report focuses on the 17 states and 13 congressional districts that Democrats won or lost by single-digit percentages in 2016. Their perspective is that rather than trying to persuade white swing voters, we should work on getting minorities and other progressives who don't vote (yet) to actually get to the polls.

They link to a number of local and state organizations that have proven success in registering and mobilizing new voters, and want to expand those and start similar organizations in other states that need them.

There's a great overview article about it at The Nation.

Comments

[semielliptical]

Thanks so much for these links! This looks like a very strategic project, it's energizing to read about it.

[stardreamer]

That's impressive! And it aligns nicely with what I've been saying (and arguing about on Facebook) that we should be doing instead of all this "reach out to the Poor White Rural Voters who went overwhelmingly for Trump" bullshit. I've signed up on their mailing list.

[tielan]

Yes, exactly. Sway who you have a hope of swaying.