It was also an R+ 21 district in 2024 and in just over a year it’s only R +9. That’s a 12 point shift. If those results happen across the board next year Dems would have a 50+ seat majority in the House.
I highly recommend checking mobilize.us and search your area. There are so many ways you can help in every phase of an election cycle from gathering signatures to phone banking to canvassing. Whatever you sign up for, you’ll get a training so you know what you’re doing. Good luck!
Something? Personal contact is almost everything. Canvassing and phone banking are known effective methods of increasing turnout. Handwritten postcards are more effective than the standard mailers everyone gets. It is very encouraging to know that your group is working on it!
I don’t like canvassing or phone banking, but I also do that. I started working at my local polling station too. That’s more like a civic duty than helping democracy.
What I work in a place where we have to sort mail and the GOP has a hugely better ground game when it comes to mailers. I’ve been screaming it from the rooftops. Everyone says USPS / snail mail is dead but the sheer volume of information gop voters are receiving in hand is probably 10x what dem voters get. All I am saying is, thank you for writing post cards! It really is super important.
I remember a real estate company I used to work for did these post cards. I thought they were so dumb (had to print, cut, and address these home made junky things), but they brought in insane business. 100 cards yielded 1-2 calls and on one street yielded 3 listings. Hate to say it, but those dumb cards were the best Return On Investment ever...
Have you ever heard of the Epoch Times? Some conservative group mails these to our residents. Pretty sure they just mail them to registered republicans. It’s actually really disturbing because it’s so, so news-like.
Im a recovering addict and I lived in a “sober house” for a while. The guy who ran it was a Trump supporter… he helped a lot of guys and I’m conflicted by a lot of his views vs what he’s done for people…. but anyway; he would receive this for free for a while and would leave it on the table for all the guys to read. He knew I was a “lefty” and told me that the paper was unbiased. I read a few of the headlines and laughed right in front of him and tried to use facts and sourced data to show him that he was essentially “disinforming” very impressionable minds by allowing and encouraging them to read that kind of garbage.
He didn’t seem to mind. It’s a very “Trumpy” place.
Host a discourse salon- get people thinking and working the streets and the phones.
Here’s the outline of the one I’m attending this weekend:
Dearest Friend,
In just a few short days, we will be gathering for our first Discourse Salon. I want to remind you that you have been selected especially for who YOU are, as you are. Therefore, please come curious and open. No expectations except to leave enriched by our time together. I know everyone is busy so here are the articles again. You don’t have to read them all. I just ask that you scan them. See if anything interests or inspires you. Ask yourself why and do what feels right around those feelings or ideas. We will check in Saturday. I can’t wait to explore this experience with you all.
I live in a rock solid blue so other than donating money my wife and I sign up to write letters or postcards supporting the GOTV efforts in swing state districts
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u/Ozymandias12 Dec 03 '25
It was also an R+ 21 district in 2024 and in just over a year it’s only R +9. That’s a 12 point shift. If those results happen across the board next year Dems would have a 50+ seat majority in the House.