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This (from @StanGreenberg) matches what I've seen since last summer in right-leaning social media spaces. And it pushes to me ask aloud—as a real question, not a rhetorical one—Why aren't

Coming soon: some thoughts on PA regions & voting trends (mumbled about this earlier with @4st8 but it's really happening now: New Regions) In part I wanted to work with

I don't know who needs to hear this but: the feeding frenzy currently underway over address lists to send postcards to voters in Georgia is evidence of a progressive volunteer

Big picture take: Donald Trump is uniquely toxic among upscale GOP voters in cosmopolitan suburbs, & also uniquely successful in getting would-be GOP voters to the polls in less affluent

!!!!!!!https://twitter.com/RobTaber/status/1316414309153615878 The mirror image is this kind of piece which I don't even have time to rant about. Several thousand words on current electoral shifts w no mention of anyone

(Note the @PAStandsUp model of regional chapters is very much in line with the ongoing & sustained (rather than one-off/light-touch) engagement model @Fisher_DanaR & I wrote about here:https://prospect.org/politics/door-knocking-in-

Ok 2 different friends messaged me simultaneously fretting about the PA voter registration numbers referenced in this Edsall piece, so I might as well turn my replies into a quick

THIS. Really the saving grace was that precisely because so few of the middle-aged+older passionate volunteers who organized to rebuild participatory politics in place after place from 2017-19 are on

This is a smart piece by a smart commentator, so it's all the more frustrating that it does not step beyond the flawed underlying frame that so many political writers

Many storylines are colliding in this country rn but one that must not get lost is that local organizing around racial justice, led by young people of color & more,

I am definitely not on the "demographic trends make a Blue Pennsylvania inevitable" bandwagon [historians don't really do inevitable] BUT @cinyc9 shared a cool map of population growth & loss

Valuable self-reflection on how to cover a pandemic & its politics (including protests) here from @sjdemas https://twitter.com/MichiganAdvance/status/1262722909094711296 Very relevant to this thread & linked articles here:https://tw