Vote Forward has GOTV letter writing campaigns for most of these races at https://votefwd.org/campaigns in addition to the critical Swing State campaigns. If you haven't volunteered for any GOTV efforts yet, letter writing is one of the best methods to encourage sporadic Democratic-likely voters to actually vote. It is easy to do, and really reduces the daily anxiety of this close race. Vote Forward/Swing Left have proven data from the 2020 election that letters raise participation by about 1% which is huge when compared to other GOTV efforts. The goal is 10 million letters sent October which should translate into 100,000 additional Democratic votes in the critical Swing States and Congressional Districts.
I’ve been writing letters for Vote Forward since they started! I love that their analytics show that writing these letters moves the needle in elections. I just adopted some voters through their newest campaign: reaching out to newly (automatically) registered voters in Pennsylvania to welcome them to participatory democracy.
ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday: Vice President Harris’ overall favorability rating jumped to 43 percent since she became the likely Democratic presidential nominee. That is a bump of eight percentage points from a week ago, when 35 percent of Americans had a positive view of her.
Amongst Independents, the improvement is even more dramatic.The poll found that 44 percent of Independents have a favorable view of Harris, up from 28 percent a week ago. That is a 16 percentage bump.
"When President Joe Biden announced just a week ago that he would not accept the Democratic nomination for president, he did not pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris.
"He passed it to us.
"It is up to us to decide whether we want a country based on fear or on facts, on reaction or on reality, on hatred or on hope.
"It is up to us whether it will be fascism or democracy that, in the end, moves swiftly, and up to us whether we will choose to follow in the footsteps of those Americans who came before us in our noblest moments, and launch a brand new era in American history."
Finally yesterday, up from my Covid bed, back into regular clothes, and out into the world again. And wow, after 10 days, how different everything looks now!
It’s easier to smile at people. It’s easier to laugh. I feel the steel bands around my chest getting looser and dropping away.
Donald Trump and the MAGAs and the Heritage Foundation and Leonard Leo and the Christo-Fascists are a threat not just to our “American idea” but to the entire world.
I was feeling powerless and hopeless, but now—I know, I BELIEVE that we will CRUSH them! And I’m working hard to do just that, joyfully.
Simon, thank you for creating this amazing Hopium community to help each other get through the despair, and to share the joys. Thank you, everyone, for sharing your enthusiasm and your links for volunteer opportunities. We are a force! Love you all. 🥥🌴💙🇺🇸
Yes, Simon will post; keep on the lookout.
Don’t worry. Biden won’t fire his VP
I think it is literally too late for Trump to fire Vance.
Do more, worry less.
Looking forward to it
Donated again to the House 12. Thanks for organizing, Simon!
yes 💙
They have Kid Rock and Ted Nugent. We have Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Springsteen and Taylor Swift.
“Kamala is BRAT – and I would rather be us than them.”
And Simon.
And they’ve got ... Steve Bannon? Oh, snap. He’s locked up!
🤣🤣🤣
Simon,
Thank YOU for all the work being through Hopium Chronicles and your faithful leadership on the most important election of our lives.
I’ve donated and will continue to support the House democrats candidates! Many thanks to you Simon for your leadership and dedication.
Vote Forward has GOTV letter writing campaigns for most of these races at https://votefwd.org/campaigns in addition to the critical Swing State campaigns. If you haven't volunteered for any GOTV efforts yet, letter writing is one of the best methods to encourage sporadic Democratic-likely voters to actually vote. It is easy to do, and really reduces the daily anxiety of this close race. Vote Forward/Swing Left have proven data from the 2020 election that letters raise participation by about 1% which is huge when compared to other GOTV efforts. The goal is 10 million letters sent October which should translate into 100,000 additional Democratic votes in the critical Swing States and Congressional Districts.
I’ve been writing letters for Vote Forward since they started! I love that their analytics show that writing these letters moves the needle in elections. I just adopted some voters through their newest campaign: reaching out to newly (automatically) registered voters in Pennsylvania to welcome them to participatory democracy.
Great initiative!
MOVING FAST
ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday: Vice President Harris’ overall favorability rating jumped to 43 percent since she became the likely Democratic presidential nominee. That is a bump of eight percentage points from a week ago, when 35 percent of Americans had a positive view of her.
Amongst Independents, the improvement is even more dramatic.The poll found that 44 percent of Independents have a favorable view of Harris, up from 28 percent a week ago. That is a 16 percentage bump.
"When President Joe Biden announced just a week ago that he would not accept the Democratic nomination for president, he did not pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris.
"He passed it to us.
"It is up to us to decide whether we want a country based on fear or on facts, on reaction or on reality, on hatred or on hope.
"It is up to us whether it will be fascism or democracy that, in the end, moves swiftly, and up to us whether we will choose to follow in the footsteps of those Americans who came before us in our noblest moments, and launch a brand new era in American history."
. – Heather Cox Richardson, Historian
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-28-2024
"Donald Trump could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and The New York Times would explain that Trump didn't mean it."
– Jeff Tiedrich
They would find a way to frame it as heroics.
Don't think I can be coherent at 7:00am PT!! Glad there will be a recoding :)
You need better coffee, my friend! ;)
Good discussion this morning on The Weekend with the Democratic Committee Chairs:
https://youtu.be/0bdmOlSQfjY
So looking forward to future speaker Jeffries coming to talk to us! Thank you, Simon.
#DMWL Texts for Laura Gillen today and a massive textbank to register Democrats in PA and OHIO - 265K sent this afternoon.
Finally yesterday, up from my Covid bed, back into regular clothes, and out into the world again. And wow, after 10 days, how different everything looks now!
It’s easier to smile at people. It’s easier to laugh. I feel the steel bands around my chest getting looser and dropping away.
Donald Trump and the MAGAs and the Heritage Foundation and Leonard Leo and the Christo-Fascists are a threat not just to our “American idea” but to the entire world.
I was feeling powerless and hopeless, but now—I know, I BELIEVE that we will CRUSH them! And I’m working hard to do just that, joyfully.
Simon, thank you for creating this amazing Hopium community to help each other get through the despair, and to share the joys. Thank you, everyone, for sharing your enthusiasm and your links for volunteer opportunities. We are a force! Love you all. 🥥🌴💙🇺🇸
For those of us who are working tomorrow morning, will we be able to listen to your presentation with Hakeem Jeffries in the evening?
From Simon (posted above) "For those who cannot make it live we will be sharing a recording in an early afternoon Hopium post tomorrow."