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Baltimike

(4,441 posts)
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 09:20 AM Nov 2022

They can't match our ground game. They never could. It's our superpower

We can lament about shit, doomscroll until we are truly horrified, or we can do what we do best...

ACTIVATE!!!

Today I hope to get my errands done early enough to head over MD's border to PA to help Fetterman. Some of us aren't able to mobilize that way. Not everyone can do everything, but each one can do something.

Here is a link for anyone interested enough to try. Please post your mobilization links here too. We can do this.

https://www.mobilize.us/crooked/

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They can't match our ground game. They never could. It's our superpower (Original Post) Baltimike Nov 2022 OP
👍 Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #1
It's the flip side of our geographic disadvantage Amishman Nov 2022 #2
You don't have to live in a district/state to knock on doors for it ColinC Nov 2022 #3
What I mean is knocking doors is easier when the doors are closer together Amishman Nov 2022 #4
Oh right. Sorry ColinC Nov 2022 #13
True. Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #7
But they match or beat our determination JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2022 #5
Tell that to the people of color who stood in line for many hours to vote for Obama & Joe! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #9
"... if the candidate excites us ... " moonscape Nov 2022 #11
It's over 250 miles to my nearest state border... CCExile Nov 2022 #6
Go to that Mobilize link You can find blockwalks which yellowdogintexas Nov 2022 #10
Try phone banking instead. nt Baltimike Nov 2022 #14
K&R. Wednesdays Nov 2022 #8
From today through next Tuesday FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #12
This is great. How do you hook up with text banking? Baltimike Nov 2022 #15
You can find text banking FelineOverlord Nov 2022 #16

Amishman

(5,929 posts)
2. It's the flip side of our geographic disadvantage
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 09:41 AM
Nov 2022

Our base tends to be heavily concentrated in suburban and urban areas, which puts us at a major disadvantage with anything districted.

But that same concentration of voters in a small geographic footprint makes organizing and physical campaigning a whole lot easier.

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
3. You don't have to live in a district/state to knock on doors for it
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 09:53 AM
Nov 2022

For instance I live in Boston. Plan to be knocking NH.

Amishman

(5,929 posts)
4. What I mean is knocking doors is easier when the doors are closer together
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 10:03 AM
Nov 2022

My driveway is about 1/6th of a mile long. Quite a few houses on my street aren't even visible from the road. Going door to door in rural areas is very inefficient. The Pubs are strongest in rural areas where a ground game is most difficult.

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
13. Oh right. Sorry
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 01:24 PM
Nov 2022

Yeah I’ve never really been around New Hampshire. But I also expect a more rural layout when I knock next Tuesday.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,699 posts)
5. But they match or beat our determination
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 10:50 AM
Nov 2022

We Dems vote if the candidate excites us, if the issue moves us, if it's sunny and warm, if there's gas in the car, if we can find a babysitter, if we don't have to cook dinner, if the laundry is done, if there's nothing good on television.

Reps just vote. Like they think it's their duty or something.

CCExile

(524 posts)
6. It's over 250 miles to my nearest state border...
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 11:17 AM
Nov 2022

and that state is even redder than mine. Guess I'll have to find a better way! Keep up the good work.

yellowdogintexas

(23,726 posts)
10. Go to that Mobilize link You can find blockwalks which
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 12:21 PM
Nov 2022

are nearest your ZIP.

There may be a red area in your nearby area that needs some GOTV prodding. In red areas folks don't think they need to bother to vote.

Some days I find them within 5 miles, other days they are farther away. That depends on the individual who is leading the walk.

FelineOverlord

(3,851 posts)
12. From today through next Tuesday
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 12:59 PM
Nov 2022

My husband and I are are text banking for NJ, VA, NY, PA, CA, WI, NC, IL,and SD!

And we plan to add more shifts!

On Sunday we texted for 5 hours and plan to do far more texting in the next week!

We also attended a Roevember rally a couple of weeks ago!

Mikie Sherrill was there with surprise speaker Cory Booker!

While we marched around with pro-choice signs drivers honked their support!

This was in Montclair, NJ where Eric Boehlert lived 😭

Mikie Sherrill and Stephen Colbert also live there.

I wish there was a way I could upload videos to this post!

I know you can upload photos, but I don’t know about video!

Baltimike

(4,441 posts)
15. This is great. How do you hook up with text banking?
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 02:15 PM
Nov 2022

Maybe some in our more rural areas would be interested in that.

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