Postcards become unlikely tool in effort to oust Trump
The postcards Chang and her friends have written are among 15.7 million organized through Postcards to Swing States, one of several new groups organizing get-out-the-vote efforts to boost Democratic turnout.
“It’s just a testament to so many people deciding to prioritize participating in democracy in their life,” said Ramsey Ellis, who co-founded the group along with Reid McCollum to oust their local Rep. Peter Roskam (R) in 2018. Since then, they have seen interest in the group explode.
“It just spread really, really, really quickly through word of mouth,” McCollum said.
One reason it was easy to get people on board was because McCollum and Ellis had evidence that the postcards were effective. They found that people who received their postcards were 1.2 percent more likely to vote.
For many, it was an easy entryway into activism for people who might be turned off by the idea of risking contentious exchanges in face-to-face conversations or awkward phone calls.
“We like to call it the gateway drug for activists,” McCollum said.
Ellis said her parents fill out 10 postcards every morning before breakfast.
“They call it their democracy vitamin,” she said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519039-postcards-become-unlikely-tool-in-effort-to-oust-trump
I got a phone call Tuesday night from a woman representing the local DFL candidates.
I’m sure she’s a real nice person.
I hope she eventually recovers from the beat down she got from me. It was pretty good.