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I’m excited to be in Atlanta to organize a voter registration and GOTV effort for the US Senate runoff here.
The work that has been going on here is substantial and I’m already learning far more than I expected. This is definitely the way to cap off my work in the Trump era.
The work that has been going on here is substantial and I’m already learning far more than I expected. This is definitely the way to cap off my work in the Trump era.
Over the past four years, I’ve been blessed beyond measure. I’ve been President of a revitalized Young Democrats chapter in Greenville. I’ve been 1st Vice Chair of the GCDP. I’ve worked on over a dozen campaigns at the local, state, congressional, and presidential level.
I’ve spreadheaded voter registration initiatives in Greenville County and now in Minneapolis and Atlanta.
I’ve learned alot about what is needed to make Democrats successful in Greenville and throughout South Carolina by learning from others and my own mistakes and setbacks.
I’ve learned alot about what is needed to make Democrats successful in Greenville and throughout South Carolina by learning from others and my own mistakes and setbacks.
1) Precinct infrastructure will be the foundation political change happens on and it’s lacking in Greenville. I wrote a plan 2 years ago for a $10,000 investment in precinct infrastructure that was never implemented but it’s necessary for several reasons.
It’s needed to do voter registration and education in the “off season” to grow our electorate and garner credibility in communities we lack it in. It’s needed to build GOTV apparatus in red districts where our candidates are running so they can focus on persuasion campaigns.
2) Candidates really need to be more involved in their communities before they run and need to be better prepared overall regarding name recognition and fundraising. Nearly 40 non-incumbents ran as Democrats in Greenville County in the Trump years. Only 2 won.
Expanded to all Democrats that ran in Greenville against Republicans, that’s only five victories that really had nothing to do with the party according to the candidate and/or campaign managers.
3) Social media fights are superfluous. I had to learn that lesson myself.
3) Social media fights are superfluous. I had to learn that lesson myself.
4) There’s too much infighting in the local Democratic Party overall. People playing Game of Thrones for no throne. Realized this while outside of Greenville. Compared to part strength in other places, we really think we have clout and influence we don’t.
5) Statewide, we should consider running candidates from the Upstate and the Lowcountry. South Carolina Democrats are too Midlands-centric and, looking that the last few Democrats to win statewide, they’re almost uniformly from the Upstate and the Lowcountry.
6) We don’t need to run someone in as many seats as we can every cycle. That’s proven to be asinine. Pick two or three seats and run quality campaigns.
Last point is Democrats in SC live in our own bubble and we need to get out of it. That should be evident now.
Last point is Democrats in SC live in our own bubble and we need to get out of it. That should be evident now.
