How to Leverage Campaign Contributions
By Drew McKissick
If you have been involved in politics or helped with campaigns for any length of time, then you have learned how important money is to the political process. The old saying that “money is the mother’s milk of politics” is true, but there’s a deeper truth there than just the importance of money, but rather…
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Identifying Conservatives for Action
By Drew McKissick
Whether we like it or not, few things matter in politics quite as much as numbers. Fortunately for all of us non-math majors out there, it doesn’t involve higher order calculus, but rather the most basic varieties of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. When it comes to organizing and being politically effective, the most…
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Politics is Spelled P.E.O.P.L.E.
By Drew McKissick
Politics is all about people. People agreeing, disagreeing and how they do it. Successful politics is about identifying MORE people that agree with you and working together to get something done on the things that you care about. Without people, you have no organization. Without organization, you have no campaign. Without a campaign, you have…
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Informing Conservatives for Action
By Drew McKissick
It is one thing to identify other people who care about the same things as you do, but an uninformed group of people, no matter what the size, isn’t well equipped to have much of an impact on anything. They’ve got to be informed. Here are some basic steps you can take to informing conservatives…
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How conservatives can impact the political system
By Drew McKissick
So, you want to make a difference in the political system on the things you care about? But how should you go about it? When it comes to being effective politically, there’s no great mystery. But there are some time tested basics to successfully impacting the political system. Generally speaking, there are three keys to…
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How to Plan Grassroots Organization
By Drew McKissick
So just how DO you get started with creating a local grassroots organization? It’s simple and doesn’t take a lot of time, but action is critical. We all know the hardest part of “doing” anything is getting started. Having a plan makes it possible. Fail to plan, plan to fail Map out a plan of…
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Political List Building for Success
By Drew McKissick
In most any serious political endeavor, one of the first things that you (and those working with you) need to do is to start making lists. Whether you’re just a budding activist with a burr in your britches about something, or a potential candidate for office, you won’t have much success without knowing who could…
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Three methods for conservative grassroots organization
By Drew McKissick
Whether you’re organizing for a campaign, a group or just an issue you care about, there are three areas where it pays for conservatives to focus their time. And each area has different benefits and challenges. 1) Precinct Organization Organizing by precinct is more geographically focused and as a result can have a more direct…
Read MorePolitical Resolutions for Conservatives
By Drew McKissick
Sometimes we get so caught up in what’s going on in politics at the moment that we can lose sight of what’s important and what to do next. Don’t let that happen this year. If conservatives are going to be successful in the long-term, then we have to THINK long-term. With that in mind, here…
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Making a difference in politics via the grassroots
By Drew McKissick
Remember that quote from Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” ? Well, here it is in political terms: “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” (George Nathan) Getting involved is the key. But conservatives have to remember that the battle…
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