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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlue state people, you are going to have to carry us and take
the lead. If you live in a red state, particularly a very red part, it seems insurmountable, for us anyway. The trump slime is so deep and embeded, there is no such thing as truth or logic anymore, it's incredibly hard to see any sunlight. If any red state people have any success stories, please share.
napi21
(45,806 posts)Yes, Atlanta is blue, but the northern part of this State is as red as Alabama! I can't even ut a Dem yard sign up for fear of retaliation. I'm too old now to physically battle that stuff.
I join you in asking all our blue friends to help and we'll do what we can to support you.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Who might be sympathetic and register them? GA is almost a swing state though, right? TX behind but at least turning. Think Beto got so close..and his strategy was to be non-political and just listen to people.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Keep in mind that roughly 100-million people don't vote. They are like a silent, third party and they tend to be more progressive in their views, but have various reasons for not participating.
I think that is a potential gold mine and I kind of wish somebody would run ads with an appeal to them in light of our current, critical situation. This time, it's different. VERY different.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)to truth and what is right and somehow encourage them to vote since they typically don't ? How do we find them in a sea of crazy?
Totally agree with targeted ads. Read DNC is broke
33taw
(2,443 posts)We have a long way to go.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)Not become discouraged, disenchanted or give up. But rather, be enflamed, angry and focused to help carry our blue cities across the line! We don't have to win our counties, cities and towns in a GE. We just have to join with our blue cities to win!
Beto almost beat Cruz in Texas. Imagine if 200k more angry Democrats would have made their way to the polls? Then look at all the seats Texas did flip blue. It can be done if we just get off our butts, quit bellyaching about our "Republican neighbors" focus and actually be locally active in the party. Get out the damn vote red state Democrats!
This PSA was brought to you by a fellow red state Democrat.
It's ugly, hard work... I understand that, but your state has success stories from 2018. Let's make sure it has even more in 2020, ok?
AJT
(5,240 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Hillary WON by.
eleny
(46,166 posts)We're going to do everything we can to elect ourselves a new Dem senator.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)affecting opinion. From someone now living in a red state, who we nominate and who their VP makes all the difference in the world. I know this means the Dem masses may have to set aside policy preferences, but it is the only way to win..unless we have a 100% massive, monumental push to drum up votes in urban areas. Enough to counteract where we are weak.
eleny
(46,166 posts)We also send support to red states like Kentucky. That's been a long road. And who knows how much help McC will be enjoying. But we persist from outside that state.
Colorado has been reddish in the past. We just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)plan for the future and think, all I have to do is put up with my boss for 10 more years, then I can retire. Maybe there are GOP politicians like that too. Looking at their retirement plans and thinking...I can handle 4 more years of trump and then I can cash out and go fishing every day.
eleny
(46,166 posts)What you consider rings true to me. But they kid themselves. That's why we ought to go at it with hammer and tong. Like we've been doing.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)head. Been watching every day since day 1 - He's now improving instead of declining. Wonder if we were to start praising him, if it would turn around
maxrandb
(15,331 posts)Seriously, let's see how many cows listen to Rush if blue states would use their economic power to kill this fucking cancer on our country.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)leave in a heartbeat. It would take some very serious daily vigilance and a powerful media voice to change that. It would be a very great achievement if we could!
Tumbulu
(6,278 posts)Who is the cause of all of this!
aeromanKC
(3,324 posts)2018 Blue wave will continue with GOTV and moderates voting for the Dems again!! There will be a lot less Dems who stay home or throw their vote away this year (because Hillary in a landslide and all) AND a lot of independent and never trump GOP's that will either not vote for Trump this time (net 1 vote) or will even vote for the Dem (net 2 votes!!)
UNLESS the election is rigged beyond our wildest dreams and the result is a forgone rigged conclusion.
(I live in deep red state MO so I understand where you are coming from, BUT, my faith is with the people who brought us the 2018 Blue Wave!!)
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Texas Democrats on Tuesday came closer than they have in two decades. But the blue wave many had hoped for failed to crest over the state.
For the 20th year running, Republicans swept every statewide election in Texas, soaring to victories in the governors mansion, the attorney generals office and the U.S. Senate, the most closely watched top-of-the-ticket contest. El Paso Democrat Beto ORourke lost a hard-fought, nationally watched U.S. Senate race to incumbent Ted Cruz. The margin was just three points a tighter race than Democrats have achieved in years. And several statewide Republican incumbents were elected by mere single digits.
DFW
(54,403 posts)She has been defeated before, but is not giving up. I, for one, will lend her what support I can.
maxrandb
(15,331 posts)My dad used to say that "close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades".
If Donnie Shit for Brains doesn't motivate people to vote him out, this country is fucked.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)sense that our voters will be more motivated to unseat him than those who want to defend him.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)Should move to the bigger red states (bigger in terms of electoral college vote counts) and help with the push.
Obviously not a practical choice for many but I hear all the time of people leaving red states for blue states when it should be the opposite if you actually want to change things instead of just escape from them.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)and VP to energize blue states and a completely different ticket to bring in purple and red.
ecstatic
(32,707 posts)says she will do ANYTHING for trump. She brought a gun because she says liberals will become dangerous when trump wins again. Is it full radicalization yet???
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)believe that Obama even won in '08 and '12.
How everyone always says, you don't appreciate someone or some thing until it's gone is so true.
Tumbulu
(6,278 posts)Infecting the hearts and minds through am radio and then Fox News. To take our nation back, those must be eradicated. They are 1000xs more powerful than urban people can fathom.
OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)It would help with winning in 2020.
We lost those 3 states by 78K votes in 2016.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)tirebiter
(2,537 posts)its what I do. Weve made a swing state blue. This was the home of Nixon and Reagan, remember.