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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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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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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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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More on the importance of precinct organization
By Drew McKissick
So, why is precinct organization so important? As I’ve said before, the old “all politics is local” truism is pretty much true because politics is all about people – and “local” is where the people are. In other words, that’s where the (potential) power is. But since successful politics requires organization, that’s where precincts come…
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Five Tools for Conservative Grassroots Organization
By Drew McKissick
Grassroots organizing is no different than pretty much anything else in life. If you’re serious about doing anything, you need to make sure you have the right tools to get the job done. Here’s a handy list of five of the most basic tools you should have at your disposal if you’re going to try…
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Organizing precincts with precinct captains
By Drew McKissick
As I have mentioned before, the best way to impact politics is to organize at the precinct level. And the best way to organize is to put someone in charge. When it comes to organizing in precincts, that means “precinct captains”. So what is a precinct captain? Put simply, a precinct captain is someone who…
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