It’s a truism in politics to say that “all politics is local”, but truisms are truisms because they’re usually true. In this case it’s right on the money. Posted on 12/18/2013 9:06:05 AM PST by Drew McKissick
It’s a truism in politics to say that “all politics is local”, but truisms are truisms because they’re usually true. In this case it’s right on the money.
There are more than 203,000 precincts in the United States, each with an average of about 1,000 registered voters. Politically, they represent the building blocks of the entire American political and electoral system. Every political district in America, (whether school board, local council, state legislature or congress) is just a different combination of different precincts.
They are the pieces to the American political jigsaw puzzle.
Bottom line? If you're organized in the precincts you can have an influence on multiple elections at all levels.
It also helps in grassroots lobbying campaigns, since most incumbent politicians are interested in getting re-elected - and people who are organized in the precincts tend to get their attention.
Good grassroots organization emphasizes the important role that precincts play by focusing on individuals who are willing to identify, educate and organize others in their own neighborhoods. That goes for campaigns, grassroots lobbying efforts and gaining influence in the Republican Party.
No matter what issue you have a problem with, or what aspect of politics you're interested in, having an impact at the precinct level means being able to have an impact further up the political food chain.
You could say it's a case of "think globally, act locally".
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It’s very simple. Because that’s where much of the voter fraud occurs.
GOP figure out how to actually win elections ?
The problem is in the heavily democrat precincts where they have over 100% returns and the SOS turns blind eye. They have the same precinct workers year after year.
Actually, I’ve seen the democrat precinct leaders in action.
Any possible voter, they befriend (or in facebook parlance “friend”). They make voting a friends and family affair.
It is very powerful.
Conservatives need to seize control of the republican national committee. Its where GOP policy is made and they get almost no attention.
All it takes is for tea partiers to show up at state conventions to vote.
My precinct is about half apartments and I am prohibited from canvassing them. It has been trending democrat over the last eight years and finally took the plunge with Obama.
The Democrat vote is extremely CONCENTRATED. Mainly in one party urban areas run by Democrat political machines and their government union allies. Often there is little or no bipartisan oversight or supervision in these inner city precincts, hence the Dems have free rein to pad their vote totals with little risk of getting caught.
Stopping the fraud would be a big step in that direction.
One of the things they could do is not allow the heavy democrat areas to withhold their counts so they see how many votes they “need”.
I’ll call my brother.
My precinct now Officially Covered.
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