If You're Not Enthusiastic about the Democratic Nominee:
Please go and visit https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/
If you've been there before, please go again. Click on each of the issues on that page, read what's there, and then click your back button and go to another issue. Please spend some time learning about Hillary's positions.
What's on those pages is what Hillary plans to do if she is elected as President. On some pages, you'll see broad plans, while on others, you'll find considerable detail. In every case, she is making it clear what her goals are. Probably, not all of them will be achieved, but that will depend on the makeup of the Congress during her term in office.
I don't know about anyone else, but I like what I find on those pages, almost across the board. In some areas, she doesn't go far enough to suit me, but she's a realist and is trying to lay out a plan she thinks can be realized. If she accomplished everything on those pages, we'd be in far better shape as a nation, though. Progress would be made.
Why Your Enthusiasm Matters
I mentioned Congress above. Much depends on the party divisions in the House and Senate. And that depends, to a large degree, on how many Democrats turn out and vote for House members and Senators. That turnout depends, to at least some degree, on how effective Democratic GOTV efforts are for the November election.
Enthusiasm is a powerful thing. Enthusiastic supporters tend to do a good job of sharing their support. That helps very much with GOTV campaigns. We need a strong, even historic, turnout of Democrats in all 50 states. There's a strong likelihood that we can regain a majority in the Senate. The House is tougher, but there are many seats among the 435 that will be up for election in November that could be flipped to Democrats. We need somewhere between 30 and 40 districts to be flipped from Republican to Democratic to gain a majority.
Enthusiasm will make a big difference. GOTV will make a big difference. For example, there are two congressional districts that could be flipped in my own state of Minnesota. One of them looks more probable for the Democrat than the other, but both are possible flips. Minnesota's DFL party has big GOTV plans for those two districts. Imagine what would happen if we managed to flip just one seat in all 50 states. We'd have that majority, and then some. That probably won't happen, but we could flip more than one in other states. The more Democrats who will vote with the Democratic caucus, the better. Even less than totally progressive House members will vote with the caucus in most cases. Every little bit helps.
So, if you're not feeling the enthusiasm needed to get active with GOTV, please go to that link above and start reading. Compare what you find with what is likely if the Republican wins. Then, think about flipping a seat or two in the state where you live. GOTV can make that happen. The combination should be enough to make most Democrats pretty damned enthusiastic about November, I believe. We can do this, but it's going to take enthusiastic people working to get out the vote.
GOTV in all 50 states for every Democratic Candidate! Please...
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