January 22, 2022 Newsletter
Posted on January 23, 2022
Volunteers Taking Back Democracy
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In This Issue
● Flip NH ● Voting Rights in AZ ● Postcarding Effectiveness ● Roundup Recap
● High-Impact Activism ● Support Senator Warnock ● Deep Canvassing for NH
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We Can Flip New Hampshire
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So far this year, we’ve already laid the groundwork in NH for 2022. We’ve canvassed and called for the Manchester mayoral and city races and for the Derry special election. We’ve also been experimenting with voter registration in this tough-to-register state.
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Now, we’re taking the next steps to turn NH Blue in 2022. We’re bringing you the most impactful actions to achieve victory in these races through partnerships with the Pappas campaign, the Hassan and coordinated campaigns, Working America, Kent Street Coalition, Granite State Matters, and town and county Dem groups.
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Join our Win Blue NH Kickoff meeting featuring K.R. Epstein, Chris Pappas’s Organizing Director. Epstein will talk about the NH landscape and our slate of upcoming actions.
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We’ll also introduce our plans for deep canvassing. (What’s deep canvassing you ask? Check out the Learning Corner at the bottom of this newsletter.)
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Let us know if you’d like more information about the Win Blue NH team and would like to receive our newsletter. Contact Win Blue NH directly.
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Do Postcards Make a Difference?
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Do handwritten postcards and letters to voters affect election outcomes? The answer is: It depends!
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In an effort to promote a greater understanding of volunteer-written postcard and letter campaigns, Swing Blue Alliance is hosting a Groundhog Day webinar on the impact of postcarding. John Loewenstein, Director of Research, will reveal the results of Swing Blue Alliance’s 2020 postcard campaigns. He will also discuss what kinds of handwritten letter/postcard writing campaigns are likely to be effective in 2022.
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You will receive a list of questions any volunteer should ask before joining a hand-written postcard or letter-writing campaign.
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Voting Rights: Thank you SBA Volunteers!
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The results of this week's voting rights legislation were incredibly disappointing; Senators Manchin and Sinema joined all 50 Senate Republicans to block passage. Yes, Republican-controlled legislatures continue to make voting in 2022 ever more difficult, including the most recent plans for 'voter fraud police' in several state such as GA, FL, and AZ).
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However, we can be proud and remain grateful to all the volunteers who made Swing Blue Alliance a real contributor to the fight. SBA is part of a national coalition of 400+ organizations that continue to counter Republican-erected barriers to the ballot box.
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Common Cause phone banks will continue
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We’ll be calling across the country with several messages: holding Senators Sinema and Manchin accountable; sending thanks to Senate champs; advocating to stop anti-voter bills; pushing for expanded voting access; and recruiting volunteers to protect voters in Texas and other states.
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We will not stop organizing. The battle to assure free and fair elections and access to the ballot continues. Stay tuned for next steps!
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Here's some of the feedback we received from the folks who joined the Swing Blue Alliance All-Volunteer Roundup:
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- Good information about what needs doing and what we can do to help.
- Very clear what the stakes are in NH & PA & specifically how each of us can contribute to assure free and fair elections
- Useful information, though Izzy spoke so fast sometimes I couldn't get what she said. So much to do!
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- What’s really going on with the Senate filibuster from Izzy Bronstein, Common Cause
- Why NH is critical to 2022 elections from Lucas Meyer, Catalyst Advocacy and 603 Forward
- How we are recruiting Democratic volunteers in Pennsylvania from Andrea Koplove, Swing PA Blue
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A huge thank you to Jamie French, the slide deck artist who created and ran the slides for the meeting, and Julia Thompson-Philbrook for the Spotify playlist.
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If you’re troubled by what’s happening in our country’s democracy …
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If you’re pained that you should be doing more but don’t know how …
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… there is a way you can help. It’s fundraising, and it’s WAY easier than you think.
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At the From Caring to Doing: Getting Started with Your Highest-Impact Role in Changing Politics session, you can get started in just 90 minutes. Real people who never thought of themselves as political fundraisers will help you put together everything you need.
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The presentation is offered twice, each time with the same material:
Tue, Jan 25 @12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Wed, Feb 16 @ 8 - 9:30 pm ET
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Meet Senator Raphael Warnock
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In the 2021 runoff election, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock won one of the closest and most decisive races in the nation. Senator Warnock is a champion of voting rights, affordable health care, reproductive rights, stewardship of the planet, and rebuilding an economy that works for everyone. We need to keep his moral voice in Washington. Hear about Georgia from the source and contribute to his 2022 campaign.
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Imagine a methodology that had a substantial impact on decreasing Trump’s 2020 vote margin, one that is estimated to be many times more effective per person than the average campaign persuasion program.
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A growing body of academic research finds that carrying out deep canvassing, both in-person and by phone, can have a real, measurable, and lasting effect on changing hearts and minds.
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Using deep canvassing, volunteers chat one-on-one with voters. The volunteer uses a process called active listening, which encourages voters to talk about their own personal experiences. This type of conversation taps into emotions and helps the voter see relationships between their own values and their actual votes.
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Please join us as the Win Blue NH team partners with Chris Pappas’ campaign. You'll learn more about deep canvassing and making deep connections with voters.
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Wed, Jan 26 @ 6 pm ET
Thu, Jan 27 @ 5 pm ET
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Our Mission
Swing Blue Alliance (formerly Swing Left Greater Boston) is the largest all-volunteer Democratic grassroots organization headquartered in Massachusetts. We use proven methods to protect our Democracy, work on competitive local and national elections, and strengthen the Democratic party at the grassroots level.
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