Beto O'Rourke and Texas Democrats unite for largest Black voter outreach effort in state history
Source: Texas Signal
Beto ORourke and Texas Democrats are joining forces to reach every single one of Texas 1.5 million Black voters by mid-August. The announcement comes amidst a transformative political climate steeped in demands for racial justice and calls to end police brutality against Black people.
The endeavor is the largest outreach effort of Black voters in state history, and may help deliver Texas 38 electoral votes to Democrats for the first time since 1976, fundamentally altering the landscape of Texas and presidential politics for generations.
A collaboration between Beto ORourkes Powered by People, the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, and the Texas Democratic Party, the mobilization effort represents an unprecedented investment and powerful demonstration of commitment to reach Black voters, who have long been the backbone of the Democratic base.
In 2018, Black Texans helped power ORourkes run for the U.S. Senate, voting for him by an overwhelming margin of 90 percent. Similarly, large shares of Democratic support from Black voters were seen statewide, for candidates up and down the ballot, despite limited outreach to Black and Brown voters in 2018. An aggressive door-knocking push in communities of color began only a month and a half before election day.
Read more: https://texassignal.com/beto-orourke-and-texas-democrats-unite-for-largest-black-voter-outreach-effort-in-state-history/
Yea Beto!
sheshe2
(83,319 posts)We stand stronger together.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)ananda
(28,781 posts)I've always liked Beto!!!!
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)I stand with Beto and his efforts to unite Texans - ALL Texans!!
bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)unless or until proven otherwise.
Beto has got this.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)This would be a good step towards that.
RussellCattle
(1,503 posts)Passion and commitment.
NBachers
(16,999 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,287 posts)and that Beto is given a position in the administration. Otherwise, Abbott might find himself unemployed after the 2022 election.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)liskddksil
(2,753 posts)on election night, it is game over for Donald Trump. He won't be able to talk about mail voter fraud or any other garbage. It will be a done deal.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 27, 2020, 06:49 PM - Edit history (1)
What's Bernie doing? As the last one to withdraw (ahem, "suspend'') from the race... and considering he was in 2nd place overall... I believe that Bernie should be taking a very visible lead on GOTV efforts.
Is Bernie doing anything like that?
George II
(67,782 posts)I've also received emails in the last month from the following, each raising money for Biden and/or the Democratic Party (yes, I don't delete them):
Joe Biden (obviously)
Kamala Harris
Amy Klobuchar
Tom Perez
Cory Booker
Susan Rice
Katie Porter
Beto O'Rourke
Andrew Yang
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Elizabeth Warren
Val Demings
Gabby Giffords
Pete Buttigieg
Khizr Khan
Barack Obama
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)This doesn't make good sense.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)There are those who count on a team member who beat them in the qualifying heat getting taken out by an external event before they get to the championships, so there can be a last minute replacement.
George II
(67,782 posts)....Democratic candidates?", and then he lists the five. You click the link and the $12 is already filled in. If you're not careful you don't notice that the $12 is split between those five candidates AND him. $2.00 each!
BTW, since I posted that last one, I've also gotten emails from Tammy Duckworth and Sarah Jessica Parker (yes, her) and two more from Warren. Everybody is supporting Biden. Well, almost everybody.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I guess that's just proof that what I've said all along remains true. If you want to donate to a candidate, it's best to donate directly instead of a "clearing house".
TexasTowelie
(111,287 posts)The people that threw him under the bus after he withdrew from the primaries should pay attention and emulate his behavior.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I'm tired of "fair-weather" and "part-time" and "disloyal" and "cut-and-run" individuals, politicians and celebrities.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)betsuni
(25,122 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,114 posts)We had folks making calls from all over the country.
If you want to help out with the voter turnout in Texas, you can no matter where you live
Empowered by People is the organization. Contact info@Betoorourke.com if you want to participate.
TexasTowelie
(111,287 posts)I don't have a great telephone voice and I have to be available to jump to other tasks around home quickly since I'm the admin/tech assistant for my brother's job. The minute that I would get on a call he might start yelling at me to change passwords or fix some other issue. It just isn't an ideal environment to do phone banking.