“How’s the Democratic Party’s ground game in Pennsylvania?” I asked a friend several weeks before the 2024 presidential election. He replied optimistically that there were far more door knockers this year than in 2022.
It turned out these door knockers were just urging a vote for the Democrats without putting forth a compelling agenda attached to candidate commitments on issues that mean something to people where they live, work, and raise their families. There was no Democratic Party “Compact for the American People.” Then-President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania, which went Republican, many times, with his most memorable message being that he grew up in Scranton.
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Their aversion to building their own momentum to answer the basic questions “Whose side are you on?” and “What does the Democratic Party stand for?” remains as pathetic as it was in 2022 and 2024.
Priority 1: Get all Republicans out of government seats; they’ve proven they can’t be trusted with power. Vote Democrat so the candidate you vote for had a solid chance to win.
Priority 2: Hold the elected Democrat accountable, tell them what you expect from them. If they won’t serve you, vote in someone who will.
Priority 3: If you’re capable of it, research how to get your name on your local ballot(s) and start campaigning. If no candidate is willing to represent your interests, be the candidate to represent those interests and you’ll have an easy campaign.
The donors are scared shitless that we’ll realize WE have the power of government in our hands, and as long as one person equals one vote, that will always be the case. Every change they want is designed to undermine the fact that one person equals one vote, no matter how much money they have.
Term limits, for every office. One term. No value in buying a candidate that will be gone in 2/6 years.