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Ali's avatar

Thanks to you and your encouragement, I have gathered friends from my community who have prepared 400 VoteForward letters (so far) urging people to vote and by Monday we will have sent off 400 Blue Wave postcards urging people to register to vote. Keep the faith!

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Jess Craven's avatar

WOWOWOW! That's AMAZING! Thank you soooo much! And please thank your friends for me!

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Gary Boivin's avatar

Remember Kansas and upstate New York? The pundits were fairly screaming that the Far Right would carry Kansas and that the mainstream Republican would win New York, hands down. Oops. The same geniuses who made those "predictions" are saying the same things now. I trust the mass media as far as I can throw it.

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Jess Craven's avatar

Exactly right.

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Gary Boivin's avatar

I just read an "analysis" of the up and down races in Nevada, which predicts a "Republican wave", based on two conversations, both with traditionally Republican voters. "One of these voters is Hispanic!" So what? There are many conservatives in Latin America, and some end up here, where they don't magically shed their beliefs and become progressives. The authors then contradict themselves and say that there are more Democrats in the districts which are "expected to go Republican".

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Jess Craven's avatar

Yeah, again. Reading these pieces is an exercise in needless anxiety.

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HH's avatar

Amen! No matter what, we keep doing the work because what we do today will shape the future and thankfully, there is so much we can do.

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Jess Craven's avatar

Isn' there, though?

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Maya F's avatar

Hello! I am wondering about Senator Padilla's office. I have called so many times and never spoken to an actual person and they are still teleworking because of the pandemic... I am wondering if anyone else has ever reached a staffer in Padilla's office?

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Jess Craven's avatar

I definitely have, but reaching staffers in general is rare these days. Don't worry, though. They are definitely tallying your calls.

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