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ismnotwasm

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41. Reach out to women and men of color
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 08:58 PM
Mar 2017

And stop taking them for granted. Work intensely with these populations, arrange to be invited into their communities, their churches and schools and DO NOT use them as photo ops.

The only reason to "reach out" to certain Trump voters is because they are already politically engaged--at least to the point they vote. Yeah it's probably true some of them would have voted for anyone BUT Hillary--(and that needs some analysis--but the analysis needs to go much further than the asinine "she was a poor/weak candidate crap) But there are more or less untapped smaller populations (Native Americans, 2nd generation immigrants, politically unengaged working class) that in many cases decided third party was the way to go. Why was this? Find out why youth voted for Trump. Start alliances in High schools--there are some terrified and or confused kids right now. Tap into the "resistance" organizations. They aren't all Dems, but I'll bet they'll vote Democrat. Have a presence at every protest possible. Arrange to survey places that have historically low voting turn out--find out why. Get activists to help people to register to vote, to register as Democrats. I know Democrats are already doing a lot of this--so I don't think this is creative, but boots on the ground is what's needed. Small Community meetings--the ACLU had a well organized resistance type training. The ACLU is not Democrats.

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First goal is to tell them Fox News lies sharedvalues Mar 2017 #1
Have to engage the Trumpers. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2
There ought to be a volunteer representative ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #3
I love your idea hollowdweller Mar 2017 #17
Similar idea zipplewrath Mar 2017 #27
Love your last idea, zipplewrath! JudyM Mar 2017 #38
Please encourage Dems to focus on RESULTS. C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #4
+++++ crazylikafox Mar 2017 #23
I'd Like To See Them Front & Center Me. Mar 2017 #5
The difference is do you want someone who votes against us 15% of the time or 98%? Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #21
Like I Said Me. Mar 2017 #22
That's fine. 50 states, hell yes. Get the infrastructure in place FIRST Maru Kitteh Mar 2017 #24
We Can Agree On The 50 State Me. Mar 2017 #26
Have them read George Lakoff's books LeftInTX Mar 2017 #6
Yes, Professor Lakoff has VERY valuable lessons re: messaging. elleng Mar 2017 #16
George has even... zentrum Mar 2017 #19
Jumping onto your post to keep like ideas together, we need pithy slogans. "If it doesn't fit, you JudyM Mar 2017 #39
I really think we need to raise taxes on the wealthiest and expand healthcare a lot bettyellen Mar 2017 #7
We have to reach out in a genuine way. democrank Mar 2017 #8
Show how the Christian right doesn't follow who they say is their savior Maraya1969 Mar 2017 #9
Keep it simple... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #10
You and they should look at this, elleng Mar 2017 #11
There also has to be an arm of the DNC devoted to stop the spread of right wing propaganda Maraya1969 Mar 2017 #12
Tell 'em you are a Bernie Democrat... kentuck Mar 2017 #13
We need to make real news as ubiquitous as Fox. And radio needs progressives! Maraya1969 Mar 2017 #14
Was there any discussion of UBI?? If not would you bring it up. CK_John Mar 2017 #15
The issue is the message, not the medium: more mainstream, less side issues Ruy Lopez Mar 2017 #18
And therein lies the problem PaulaFarrell Mar 2017 #20
At its core I think the answer is deceptively simple Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #25
Trust, once lost, is hard to regain zipplewrath Mar 2017 #28
Shouldn't we focus on ending disenfranchisement, registering voters and obtaining voter IDs instead? LonePirate Mar 2017 #29
How about doing something they really need in their communities deminks Mar 2017 #30
Point Blank - the Dems and Progressives TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #31
Another suggestion, which is receiving rave reviews: elleng Mar 2017 #32
'FRAMING:' elleng Mar 2017 #33
"Everyone has bills to pay" is a good place to start. Occulus Mar 2017 #34
Invest in data mining/social media ala Cambridge Analytics. It's using highly targeted messaging KittyWampus Mar 2017 #35
One problem that I see is Democratic candidates Blue_true Mar 2017 #36
One proposal to help rural voters hollowdweller Mar 2017 #37
In addition to the "how" of message packaging (my post above re:pithy slogans) we need populist JudyM Mar 2017 #40
Reach out to women and men of color ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #41
Knock Every Door elleng Mar 2017 #42
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