There’s groups like Run for Something that recruit progressives to run for state and local office
A surprising number of potentially winnable seats are never contested. Let’s show up anywhere and everywhere to fight back
If you’re worried about Republicans messing with elections themselves, you also have the power to help there too by running for state and local offices. Elections - even for federal positions - are run by state and local officals not by the federal government
I’ve thought about it for years but I’m legitimately scared I’d be attacked in my very red state. We won’t even put leftist bumper stickers on our cars because we know they’ll get vandalized, and have had friends who had it happen.
You probably will be, but if noone sticks their neck out then nothing will ever get better. Every person who fought for change got attacked, so you’re in good company at least.
Why waste time on performative gestures in two years like this rather than actually doing something right now?
Given the low average salary of elected officials, this is really only an option for those who are already low income, independently wealthy, or in a dual income household (ideally if the other partner has decent income).
Why do you reject electioneering, bro. It’s just so easy, you only need to vote once every 2 years, bro. It doesn’t take any effort, bro.
Don’t waste your time electioneering. It doesn’t work. Provenly. Put your effort in literally anything else that would improve your life except this shite. Take direct action. Organize your workplace. Feed the homeless. Whatever.
“Dude just vote for the genocidal parties who hate you, and if that doesn’t work, proudly establish yourself as a member of that party that hates you, so when the fascists starts gunning down the other genocidal party for not being genocidal enough, you can say ‘At least i ran for office instead of helping my community outside of electoralism’.”
Liberals think that the people affected by neoliberalism can somehow run for office, when its expensive as fuck even on the local levels. If I had that money I’d just move out of the country, not try to fix a rotten apple from the inside-out.