I know so many people are being bombarded and overwhelmed by the election related news so I have been providing a safe space for the nonpolitical to get involved.
Every day I post a link to vote.org and encourage people to make sure they are registered and invite them to share the link to help others register. I often add a picture of something comforting like Mr Rogers talking about only needing to do what you can do, LeVar Burton standing in the White House , or a unicorn telling people to vote,
I remind people they don’t need to watch the news or the convention or anything. If they know who they are voting for, they just have to vote and if they want to help other people get registered or get to the polls they can do that without having to argue with anyone or even discuss the issues. GOTV campaigns have you contact people who have indicated they will vote for your candidate of choice so you are just reminding them when and where to vote.
Another thing I have been doing is commenting on every political post on my feed with vote.org which brings up a link where people can register. Quick easy, and hopefully someone who has been thinking about registering will now be able to
Those are all great things Laura! I also try to put people on a news diet. Like, how does it help you if, as you say, you already know who you’re voting for?
I tell people to research the primaries and the propositions. In the general election just vote blue. People keep trying to tell me new things about the GOPVP. And I am tl/dr anyeone they picked would be awful and even if he was the second coming of John McCain, I wouldn’t vote for John McCain so…. I don’t need to know. It is harder to GOTV when I am in fetal position.
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Here's a thread I did on Threads with some of my options for the "three things": https://www.threads.net/@elisacp/post/C9TeIwlvekK
I know so many people are being bombarded and overwhelmed by the election related news so I have been providing a safe space for the nonpolitical to get involved.
Every day I post a link to vote.org and encourage people to make sure they are registered and invite them to share the link to help others register. I often add a picture of something comforting like Mr Rogers talking about only needing to do what you can do, LeVar Burton standing in the White House , or a unicorn telling people to vote,
I remind people they don’t need to watch the news or the convention or anything. If they know who they are voting for, they just have to vote and if they want to help other people get registered or get to the polls they can do that without having to argue with anyone or even discuss the issues. GOTV campaigns have you contact people who have indicated they will vote for your candidate of choice so you are just reminding them when and where to vote.
Another thing I have been doing is commenting on every political post on my feed with vote.org which brings up a link where people can register. Quick easy, and hopefully someone who has been thinking about registering will now be able to
Those are all great things Laura! I also try to put people on a news diet. Like, how does it help you if, as you say, you already know who you’re voting for?
I tell people to research the primaries and the propositions. In the general election just vote blue. People keep trying to tell me new things about the GOPVP. And I am tl/dr anyeone they picked would be awful and even if he was the second coming of John McCain, I wouldn’t vote for John McCain so…. I don’t need to know. It is harder to GOTV when I am in fetal position.
100% on the same page.