Barry
09-29-2017, 01:10 AM
Along with the many blessings we enjoy daily by living in Sonoma County, is the dilution of our vote to make a difference. Since we live in a 50% +1 majority rule country, vs proportional representation, all our extra votes are "wasted". Jared Huffman won our district with a 52% margin.
Below is a good article from the Sonoma West about our local Sister District group, which seems quite active. I'm sure there are other local groups working on similar efforts to flip red districts to blue.
Please chime in and let us know about the other local groups and what they are up to and how to plug in.
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Can the Sister District Project turn red states blue?
By Laura Hagar Rush, staff writer, [email protected] Sep 27, 2017
The Sister District Project channels the money and organizing power of blue states to progressive candidates in red states
Sitting alone at your kitchen table, wearing your “Resist” button, and writing postcards to members of Congress--who may or may not be listening--is a lonely way to wage resistance. A growing number of west county activists have found a friendlier way to fight. They are joining with neighbors as part of a new national organization called the Sister District Project, a political action committee that channels the money and organizing power of blue districts to progressive candidates in close, “winnable” races in red districts across the country.
Sebastopol and west county are part of Jared Huffman’s congressional district—one of the bluest districts on the map—and there’s a large and active Sister District group here. There are 350 members of the Sister District Project in Huffman’s district, with 70 active members in west county, “captained” by three West County women Karen Walker, Mary Radu, and Audrey Jaxon.
“The Sister District Project is one of several groups that organized right after the election last year, including Swing Left, Code Blue, Flippable, and they all want to affect elections and swing them to the Democratic side,” says Walker, who lives amid vineyards just outside of Forestville. “The Sister District Project focuses on winnable state elections—governorships, state assembly and state senate races—with the goal of turning those states blue.”
The national Sister District office, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, matches local groups with candidates across the country, then asks candidates what kind of support they’d like their sister district group to provide, whether it’s fundraising, phone calling, letter writing, or people on the ground knocking on doors.
Continues here (https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/can-the-sister-district-project-turn-red-states-blue/article_0e8c7b3c-a31c-11e7-ab8a-6b03f868c19e.html)
Below is a good article from the Sonoma West about our local Sister District group, which seems quite active. I'm sure there are other local groups working on similar efforts to flip red districts to blue.
Please chime in and let us know about the other local groups and what they are up to and how to plug in.
https://www.WaccoBB.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2017-02-27_17-25-20.png (https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/)
Can the Sister District Project turn red states blue?
By Laura Hagar Rush, staff writer, [email protected] Sep 27, 2017
The Sister District Project channels the money and organizing power of blue states to progressive candidates in red states
Sitting alone at your kitchen table, wearing your “Resist” button, and writing postcards to members of Congress--who may or may not be listening--is a lonely way to wage resistance. A growing number of west county activists have found a friendlier way to fight. They are joining with neighbors as part of a new national organization called the Sister District Project, a political action committee that channels the money and organizing power of blue districts to progressive candidates in close, “winnable” races in red districts across the country.
Sebastopol and west county are part of Jared Huffman’s congressional district—one of the bluest districts on the map—and there’s a large and active Sister District group here. There are 350 members of the Sister District Project in Huffman’s district, with 70 active members in west county, “captained” by three West County women Karen Walker, Mary Radu, and Audrey Jaxon.
“The Sister District Project is one of several groups that organized right after the election last year, including Swing Left, Code Blue, Flippable, and they all want to affect elections and swing them to the Democratic side,” says Walker, who lives amid vineyards just outside of Forestville. “The Sister District Project focuses on winnable state elections—governorships, state assembly and state senate races—with the goal of turning those states blue.”
The national Sister District office, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, matches local groups with candidates across the country, then asks candidates what kind of support they’d like their sister district group to provide, whether it’s fundraising, phone calling, letter writing, or people on the ground knocking on doors.
Continues here (https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/can-the-sister-district-project-turn-red-states-blue/article_0e8c7b3c-a31c-11e7-ab8a-6b03f868c19e.html)