Definitely agree, contact your representatives and demand that they elect leadership that represent your values! https://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/
Definitely agree that calling and writing your representatives is more effective, apps like “5 calls” can help you automatically connect and provides a script to read from: https://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/
5 calls has a link as well! https://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/
I got about 50 this year (only around 10 last year)! I decorated a lot more this year though, and started decorating much earlier (wanted to let the neighborhood know in advance that my house was participating). All my neighbors stepped it up too, which I’m sure helped with the turnout.
Only about 20% of eligible voters vote in the primaries. If we want candidates that will fight for our interests, we need to do more than simply voting Democrat in the general elections.
I’ve been using the following sites to find candidates that aren’t taking AIPAC money and are focused on supporting the working class:
Just voting Democrat in the midterms isn’t enough, we need to support progressive candidates in the primaries to see real change. Here’s some references that I’ve been using:
I’d also recommend the Megathread from the !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community: https://wiki.dbzer0.com/piracy/megathread/