It’s 2018, and Campaign Volunteers Are Going to Start Texting You. Don’t Get Mad.
Texting, like other grassroots campaign outreach, gets out the vote. Nationwide, Democrats are a majority, but historically, Democrats have voted in lower numbers in midterm, and in state and local elections.
Gaining My Political Sea Legs
The issues that I care most about — health care for the poor, gun safety, education — will now happen at the state level, as our national leaders are unable to take us over the finish line.
Supporting Cheryl Turpin, Virginia House of Delegates with Sister District Project
As we look forward to new Sister Races in 2018, here is a look back at the experiences of two volunteers in 2017.
Long shot… or not? Supporting the Carter 4 VA campaign from San Francisco
I joined Sister District after the 2016 election, because like many people, I felt that the old way of winning elections had failed us. Lee Carter, a 30-years old Democratic Socialist who lost the financial support of the Democratic Party, trounced the incumbent Republican house majority leader by 9 percentage points. To most, this came as a huge surprise, but for me and my fellow Sister District volunteers in San Francisco, it was validation of the core values that have driven us since the disastrous election of 2016
Hot Takes from Cold Virginia
Last night, I sat with my team in a freezing cold Northern Virginia strip mall parking lot as returns came in. The four of us gathered around our tethered laptops, frantically reloading the VA Department of Elections site, trying to understand what was happening.
Video: Reid for Delegate Amazon Wishlist
Meet David Reid’s campaign staff and take a tour around the office. Small, state level campaigns need help with everything from coffee to to toner!
