When my parents where going through school they taught civics. Which used to teach kids that it was their duty as a citizen to join your local precinct committee. They're the ones that pick our representatives we vote for.
Today they don't teach what our duty is as a citizen. As a result 50% of the precinct seats our empty in the republican party the rest are split between infiltrators and conservatives/classic liberals.
The BEST people to join these precincts in my opinion are those that love to look into issues and prospective representatives.
My parents called it a duty. So should we
https://theprecinctproject.wordpress.com/
Excellent points...
Very good post. From discussions here on FR, I’d say that even a lot of FReepers don’t know they can get involved in that way.
And younger people certainly aren’t taught it and don’t know it, which I’m sure suits the established politicians just fine.
But we all have the right and the duty to get involved at the local party level, because that’s where it starts. It’s not easy. The party bureaucrats, some of them paid and some long-term volunteers, may not be very welcoming, and of course anybody active in the GOP will be openly attacked by the Dems. At least it’s never boring...