The Democrats need to get out and engage in the community between election cycles. We will never have a machine like the right does and trying to create one on the fly is a fools errand. When Dems don’t do anything but ask people for money every couple of years without actually being IN the community, nobody knows what we stand for. Whet…
The Democrats need to get out and engage in the community between election cycles. We will never have a machine like the right does and trying to create one on the fly is a fools errand. When Dems don’t do anything but ask people for money every couple of years without actually being IN the community, nobody knows what we stand for. Whether this is setting up afterschool programs, summer day camp programs, community game nights, potlucks, whatever… we need to actually meet people where they are IRL and stop relying on social and traditional media to get our message out. It is obviously not working. There are Democratic committees in every town/county/state in this country. Every person is represented by a state rep or 2, a national representative and 2 senators. Every one of these people/groups has the capability to reach their constituents. Sending an email once a month with a donate button at the bottom is not an effective way to do politics. And if the corporate overlords win control of the party next year when Harrison steps down, I think we seriously need to consider coalescing around a more progressive set of policies and leaving the Democrats behind. I mean, Rahm Emanuel? Are these people fucking serious?
The Democrats need to get out and engage in the community between election cycles. We will never have a machine like the right does and trying to create one on the fly is a fools errand. When Dems don’t do anything but ask people for money every couple of years without actually being IN the community, nobody knows what we stand for. Whether this is setting up afterschool programs, summer day camp programs, community game nights, potlucks, whatever… we need to actually meet people where they are IRL and stop relying on social and traditional media to get our message out. It is obviously not working. There are Democratic committees in every town/county/state in this country. Every person is represented by a state rep or 2, a national representative and 2 senators. Every one of these people/groups has the capability to reach their constituents. Sending an email once a month with a donate button at the bottom is not an effective way to do politics. And if the corporate overlords win control of the party next year when Harrison steps down, I think we seriously need to consider coalescing around a more progressive set of policies and leaving the Democrats behind. I mean, Rahm Emanuel? Are these people fucking serious?