I do not know why we do not do this

[NO TO FASCISM]

I am a former Republican. I left the party in 2012, but never removed my name from their mailing list. Every two or three days I get an email from "President Trump" telling me what is going on, defending himself, or asking my opinion. They never ask for money. I also get letters from the RNC which ask for money but they are never from trump himself (although some are signed by his son). I understand these are not real letters from the president, but they are designed to make me think they are. They are designed to make me feel I am part of his movement and my opinions are valued, not my money. EVERY letter, in whatever form, that I receive from Democrats is a fund raising letter that makes me feel valued only for my money. We should learn something from the Republicans. Information only emails cost nothing, they do not have to pay for themselves. Use them.

[violetpastille]

1. Good idea.

Also, Congratulations!

[allgood33]

17. You can't even give the DNC or the DCCC an idea without paying money to get it to them.

You are so right. And most of our Democrats on Twitter will not even open their accounts for private notifications. If you want to tell them something without the world seeing it it can't be done. At least Perez has opened his notifications and I have received feedback from him but this is his Twitter account...does not ID as DNC.

[FSogol]

23. Bullshit. You can write them, email them, or call them any time you want. What you can't do

is reply to a fundraising email template with your noble musings.

Stop ripping the Democrats. Go to your local Democratic Party office and volunteer to help if your opinions are so necessary.

[EffieBlack]

24. Thank you

[FSogol]

25. This place some days! SMH. n/t

[EffieBlack]

27. It's so much easier to be a keyboard warrior full of criticism and advice

than to actually go out and do the work.

[FSogol]

30. Yeah and then there is this too:

Report: Russia still using social media to roil US politics

WASHINGTON — Russia’s sweeping political disinformation campaign on U.S. social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with troll farms working to discourage black voters and “blur the lines between reality and fiction” to help elect Donald Trump in 2016, according to reports released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee.

And the campaign didn’t end with Trump’s ascent to the White House. Troll farms are still working to stoke racial and political passions in America at a time of high political discord.

The two studies are the most comprehensive picture yet of the Russian interference campaigns on American social media. They add to the portrait investigators have been building since 2017 on Russia’s influence — though Trump has equivocated on whether the interference actually happened.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russia-social-media-influence-efforts-ongoing-report-says/2018/12/17/936dad56-0272-11e9-958c-0a601226ff6b_story.html?utm_term=.f799e3912b50

[SoCalDem]

2. For YEARS, I have been attacked for saying:

NEW voters and voters in "dangerous" precincts/districts/states should REGISTER AS REPUBLICANS

If republicans are in charge of registering/providing machines, ballots, polling places, it is practically an imperative to BE a republican (if you do not want to be purged/harassed/etc..

We need an army of "infiltrators"...if for no other reason than to confuse republicans

[pnwmom]

20. But then they couldn't vote in the Democratic primary, in most places. n/t

[SoCalDem]

21. That is unfortunately true, but

in crucial states, which is best?

getting to choose a candidate or having your name on the roster when the election rolls around?

Stealthy is sometimes the best choice..

[FM123]

31. SoCalDem, I think that is a great idea in open primary states (almost half of them are)

I was just thinking that in states like Georgia where the vote purge & suppression were just over and beyond - it might have helped in getting the wonderful Stacey Abrams elected...

[Sneederbunk]

3. I hear from MoveOn often.

[NO TO FASCISM]

13. Which is an interest group for activist

not the big tent general party

[dubyadiprecession]

4. I still don't know why the Clinton campaign..

Didn’t have its people walking precincts and polling democratic voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?

[NO TO FASCISM]

11. Please do not get me started

I do not know why she advertised on Politico instead of PCH which has free games and prizes and others like it, which attracts a lot of low information voters, and those who do not give a damn except every four years when they vote for their team. Trump was there !!

I do not know why her slogan was "I'm with her" instead of something like "Make America Great Again." The election was not about her. It was about making peoples lives better.

I do not understand why she spent millions of dollars telling people how bad a role model Donald Trump was for their children. Those who cared knew it already. She should have spent those millions telling people how she helped people in the past and how her programs would help people in the future.

And what was she thinking when she said Trump supporters were a basket of deplorables. She could never win back the border-line Trump supporters because she judged them and the real deplorables wore the term as a badge of honor.

She was the most experienced and qualified person to ever run for president. But that also labeled her as a member of the establishment and one of the elite and her campaign did nothing to vanquish that impression. The voters were in no mood for that in those areas devastated by a changing economy, which they blamed on the elites.

So we ended up with the orange turd.

[EffieBlack]

28. That's what local parties do - it's called canvassing - and they did

In fact, the Dems had one of the most robust canvassing efforts in history in 2016. A lack of canvassing wasn't the problem.

Did you do any canvassing?

[lunatica]

5. I get emails from my Senators and House reps

They are all informative with any donations being optional.

I see nothing wrong with Democrats asking for donations since they don’t get as much as the Republicans get from organizations like the NRA, the Kock brothers, the 1%, and Russia and other foreign countries.

[AJT]

6. I agree completely. I understand that the dems don't have the same

deep pocketed donors that the repubs have, but you still need to connect to people, not just play the money card.

[NO TO FASCISM]

9. I am not saying never ask for money

but do not make people think it is the only reason you are contacting them. see my answer below

[NO TO FASCISM]

10. An email costs nothing

Making people think they are part of the process is the most valuable thing any political party can have

[brooklynite]

7. That's not a new thing...

DNC has done the same from President Obama, President Clinton, etc.

[NO TO FASCISM]

8. I did not see it

If they did was it two or three times a week. Was it a us approach without asking for money. Show people their opinion is important, not the money. Make them feel they are part of the process, that is what Trump does. This is why his followers are so loyal. When we attack him they feel we are attacking them.

[UniteFightBack]

12. What is it like a short survey? At the end they will be begging for money. All of them will do it

and they do need money. You need money to run. That's another factor for Prez in 2020...who can rake in the money????

[NO TO FASCISM]

14. No the short survey is what the democrates do

as an excuse to ask for money. I guess because Trump goes where the winds of his supporters take him, it is an in-depth survey with a lot of open-ended questions. Trump is not a leader, he is a follower and a salesman. It never asks for money.

[pecosbob]

15. You're a new member...welcome...

Be careful not to appear as if you are criticizing Dems. Just a heads up.

[NO TO FASCISM]

16. I hope this is taken as constructive criticism, and thank you for welcoming me

Self-examination is one of the most important activities a person can engage in. The same thing is true for any smart organization, including a political party. Otherwise, you are stuck in the mud and can not move forward towards your goal.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. I agree with you completely, and welcome your perspective.

I think constructive criticism and self examination are incredibly important.

Unfortunately, in the past couple of years on this site, the general view seems to have taken hold that criticism is the same as "attacking", or even that there's no such thing as criticism that's constructive.

I do hope you'll stick around here, because I think your perspective is a valuable one. It will certainly not be welcomed in all quarters here though.

[OnDoutside]

19. Firstly, welcome. You are absolutely correct, and it was part of the reason I came here too. I love

a good debate about these things too, but there are posters here who have a heightened wariness of new members, and will alert at the drop of a hat. In fairness to them, some have come through years of online shitfests and attacks, so I get that.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Republicans don't need or want money from the hoi-polloi, the peons, salt-of-the-earth, you, me.

Republicans are rolling in dough from the likes of Koch brothers, Adelson, Putin and his oligarchs. The only thing they need from the base is loyalty. Blind, jingoistic, loyalty. So, "free" emails: Lock her up, build the wall, MAGA!

Dems need every sawbuck they can glean from workers.

[ooky]

26. Its a good idea. Welcome to DU, glad to have you on our side in this fight.

I find it encouraging each time I meet someone who has rejected the Republican's assault on our democracy.

[ecstatic]

29. I understand your point, but in general, our dispositions are different.

That's why we don't have a Rush Limbaugh equivalent on public radio, etc. Think about the level of gullibility required to believe anything trump says, either on Twitter or in an email that was clearly not written by him.

[FSogol]

32. Get involved in a campaign or your local party. I get info emails and newsletters from

Chap Peterson, Dave Marsden, Tim Kaine, Gerry Connolly, Mark Warner, Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax, Sharon Bulova, Martin O'Malley, and Mark Herring. Why? Over the years, I've supported them and/or helped on their campaigns.