Run Through the Tape!
By Drew McKissick
When you’re just a few days out from an election, it can be tempting to slow down. Everyone is tired and getting burned out. And with early voting stretching out the final push, it can feel like the election will never end. This is when you need to find your second wind and keep up…
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You Can’t Beat Somebody With Nobody
By Drew McKissick
It’s one thing to get engaged in public policy and shed light on what liberals are up to, but it’s another thing to beat them at the ballot box and take away their power to do what they do. Elections have consequences. And if nobody runs against them, the consequences are more years of them…
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You Can’t Govern If You Don’t Win
By Drew McKissick
When it comes to public policy, elections have consequences. And when it comes to elections, WINNING is all that matters. Not your opinion, the candidate’s opinion or the Party’s opinion. It should go without saying, but it still needs to be said. You can’t govern if you don’t WIN. The only people that get to…
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The Four Rules to Winning an Election
By Drew McKissick
Do. Not. Get. Sidetracked. When it comes to winning an election or organizing for grassroots success, it’s not complicated. It’s not some secret formula that you need to figure out or pay a lot of money for. It’s pretty simple and straightforward. In fact, the rules haven’t changed since this country first started holding elections.…
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HOW to Create Your Own Endorsement List
By Drew McKissick
How many times has someone asked who you plan to vote for in any given election? Better yet, how many times have you been asked “who should I vote for?” Probably more than once. Of course you’re not the only one. People who are truly paying attention to politics tend to get more than just…
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Tips on Candidate Recruitment
By Drew McKissick
As Ronald Reagan once said, “Personnel is policy”. The public policies we have (and tend to complain about) are the direct result of “who” gets to make them. That means that if you want to change public policy, the best way to do it is by changing the people who are making it. And that…
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Ten Trump Election Lessons
By Drew McKissick
There are always lessons that we can learn from the results of any election, but when one is the most stunning upset in US political history we really need to pay attention. Here are the first lessons that come to mind: 1) Money isn’t what it used to be. Trump won spending about five dollars…
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The Fundamentals of Political Campaigns
By Drew McKissick
It’s a fundamental truth of politics that if you don’t win, you can’t govern. You can’t implement policy if you aren’t elected to a position that allows you to do so, or if you don’t have sympathetic elected officials that are willing to help. With that being the case, it’s critical that conservatives know the…
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HOW to Hold Successful Voter Registration Drives
By Drew McKissick
Making sure that conservatives are registered to vote is one of the most fundamentally important activities for the future political success of the conservative movement. And that means voter registration drives. One of the unpleasant truths of political life is that conservatives tend to be just as bad (or apathetic) about registering and voting as…
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How Did that Idiot Get Elected? (Impact of Apathy in Politics)
By Drew McKissick
Ever sit at home and watch the evening news or read the paper and see a story about some elected official who does something so incredibly stupid that it makes you mutter (or yell) to yourself, “How did that idiot get elected?” If so, you’re not alone. So how did they get that job? The…
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