We have the winning ticket (2024)

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Kamala Harris has hit all the right notes, and we’ve got some lightning in a bottle! But the Harris/Walz ticket is far from a sure bet. They haveexpanded the map of winnable states,and this weekend a new high-quality poll showed themahead in key battlegrounds: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.But the election is still a toss-up. A recentNY Timespodcastexplored why: undecided and low-information voters in Wisconsin told reporters that they’re ready to be done with Trump. Most seemed more inclined toward Democratic Party policies. Most said ugly partisanship was their biggest concern. But they were not yet familiar with Harris, and not ready to express support for her. It takes time and effort to change people’s minds.

That’s where we come in. Harris is unafraid to make unconventional decisions, and she has a BOLD strategy for winning.We should all adopt it. Infrequent and low-information voters, like those in the podcast, are going to decide this election. It’s our job to reach them. Harris has upped her game and made it much, much easier for us to move those voters over to the Democratic side. We should up our game too.

So, if you have been writing postcards to swing states, be BOLD and start texting. If you’ve been phone banking to Michigan or Wisconsin, be BOLD and sign up for some canvassing. You can be sure that Harris and Walz are going way beyond their comfort zones. Make them your role model. Go beyond yours. You can do it! Indivisible Chicago has made it simple.

Pure Michigan for Elissa Slotkin

Michigan, home of the US auto industry and the resurgent United Auto Workers union, is simply a must-win for the Harris campaign. In a brief moment of clarity a few months ago, Trump observed, “If we win Michigan, we’re going to win the election.” Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen.

The state’s open-seat Senate race is equally important. A win for Elissa Slotkin will help secure a Democratic majority in the upper house. She faces a well-funded former Trump critic who has gargled the kool-aid and become a full blown MAGA-man – election denier, anti-abortion extremist, and, actually, a Florida resident.Indivisible Chicago is already managing a tsunami of volunteers committed to helping our neighbors to the east. Thirty-eight of us knocked more than 1,300 doors in St. Joseph last weekend. And, with another Chicago-based group canvassing in New Buffalo, we talked to 500 voters. Our canvassing partner, State Rep. Joey Andrews, has told us he expects about 50,000 votes to be cast in his legislative district. So that means we talked with one percent of his electorate in a single day! We’re headed back for anothercanvass on Sunday, August 18, and we’re hoping to beat that record. If you haven’t signed up yet, come join us. We provide training and materials, a ride in a carpool, and we pair you with a veteran canvassing partner who can show you the ropes. Joey’s campaign has even started feeding us.

Midwestern Nice!
➔Sign up here to canvass in Michigan Sunday August 18
You can get in the game without getting into a car, though. Michigan Monday phone bankers are burning up the phone lines, logging 17,000 dials and talking with hundreds more voters across the state. We’re back every Monday from 3:00-5:00 p.m. until November 4. We meet on Zoom for a briefing and instructions on using the auto dialer, which keeps us talking to voters instead of listening to the phone ring.
➔Sign up here for Michigan Monday phone banks
Our texting team is adding Monday morning sessions, starting August 26, to their regular Thursday evenings, which have been filling up fast. They have already blown through 500,000 texts sent. Join them!
➔Learn more and sign up for Monday and Thursday text banks

Wonderful Wisconsin

Anything you can do in Michigan, you can do in Wisconsin as well. So don’t hesitate. Want to phone bank? We call Wisconsin voters every Wednesday from 6 to 8. The next phone bank is on the 14th.

➔Sign up here for Wisconsin Wednesday phone banks

Wisconsin canvasses focus on the Southeast corner of the state – Kenosha, Racine andMilwaukee – where there are thousands of undecided and/or infrequent voters waiting to hear from us. The next canvas will be on Saturday, August 24, in partnership with our friends at Swing Left.

➔Sign up here for our August 24 canvass in Wisconsin

TheMilwaukee Voter Projecthas registered more than 11,000 voters. Working with Indivisible Evanston, they will train you on Zoom and provide opportunities to register voters in Wisconsin’s biggest sweet spot: Milwaukee. Interested?Send an email toinfo@milwaukeevoterproject.org.

But Wait, There’s More

Did somebody saypostcards? Our regular postcard parties at Gideon Welles have been overflowing the bar — there simply aren’t enough places to sit. Late arrivals have been taking their cards across the street to the park, the library, or home to write them. So we’ve scheduled new sessions in Lakeview, Uptown, and Forest Park — you canfind all our postcard parties here.

You haven’t forgotten that theDemocratic National Conventionis coming to town, have you? Join Indivisible Downtown Chicago for a Convention Watch Party on Wednesday, August 21, 6:30 – 9. Meet at Half Sour (755 S. Clark) and cheer along with the delegates on the big TV in Bar 2. Write some postcards while you’re there. Please bring friends and order dinner to support Half Sour’s generosity.RSVP hereto help with the official count.

All these actions and more can be found in theIndivisible Chicago Action Calendar. Check it out!

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