“If black turnout had remained at its 2012 level, Clinton would have carried Michigan. And it would have probably been enough to flip the state if Latino turnout had remained stable across the two elections.” https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2017/11/01/441926/voter-trends-in-2016/
What we can do in 2020 is make sure Democratic voters and environmental voters get to the polls.
We are continuing our Get Out the Vote letter-writing parties weekly on Sundays at 7pm until October 27. It is fun!
Sign up and get your letters ahead of time: Anyone can sign up to write letters at Vote Forward (https://votefwd.org) and/or Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclubindependentaction.org/writing-climate-voters-letters). Vote Forward gives them in packets of 20, Sierra Club in packets of 10. Vote Forward also has a postcard option (less expensive).
Two new organizations we just heard about both support postcards. The Reclaim Our Vote Campaign (https://actionnetwork.org/forms/reclaim-our-vote-signup) contacts likely Democratic voters of color in voter-suppression states like AL, AZ, GA, MS, NC, & TX. And Postcards To Voters (https://postcardstovoters.org) sends postcards to targeted Democratic voters. If you are artistic this is the group for you!
You buy the supplies, the organizations supply the addresses.
350 Humboldt has put together a list of tips for effective letter writing gleaned from webinars put on by these organizations. They can be accessed at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qKnxoyyMLVxdKf7M6uqtautx3cZ8-EAI3tEmTgczXQU/edit?usp=sharing
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Topic: Letter writing party