Canvassing 101 from Team CA-25 on Vimeo.
Action Council Playbook
In the 2018 midterms, Democratic newcomers swept all five of Southern California’s Congressional “swing districts”—four Orange County districts, plus CA25 just north of Los Angeles—Republican-held districts deemed vulnerable because they voted for Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election. The success in each district was aided by the early formation of an Action Council: a coalition of grassroots organizations, local Democratic clubs, labor unions and PACs working together and sharing a common, web-based calendar of events designed to engage voters to flip Congressional seats. This playbook examines the Action Council model in detail to aid in the formation of future coalitions with the same objective. Download Action Council At A Glance
Action Councils At A Glance
A one-page information sheet explaining the Action Council model.
SoCal Blue Video.
How the Southern California Action Councils formed. (Three and a half minutes, in living color.)
What Political Groups Can Talk to What Political Groups
In the belief that many published answers to this question are needlessly complex, intimidating, and confusing, two organizations, SoCal Blue and NorCal Blue, created the simple “What political groups can talk to what political groups” graphic on the left, with the advice and approval of Sandler-Reiff, the premier Washington law firm in the field of campaign law. Click to download.
Resistance Bootcamp Toolkit
The Resistance Boot Camp toolkit provides detailed information on four specific actions that you can participate in to help us win the House, Senate, and White House in 2020. They are:
Canvassing – The most powerful technique we have is talking to people face-to-face.
Voter Registration – Building our numbers by giving people a voice in their government.
Phone Banking & Text Banking – Using the phone in your pocket to swing elections.
Letter Writing & Postcarding – Personalized messages to help get out the vote.