In 2022 the Florida legislature made it a crime for partisans to register people -- later reversed in part by a court. Field Team 6 identified approximately 900,000 unregistered women -- but we couldn't execute. So we have a fascist governor, legislature and Li’l Marco Rubio, who wants to be veep.
We can turn the entire state starting in Baghdad by the Sea, Miami-Dade County driven by a popular Democratic incumbent county mayor who will be on the ballot county wide. IMHO there are about 100,000 unregistered women who heavily trend Democratic and those voters can raise Democratic prospects for all other “down ballot” candidates. We’ve had voter preclusion and the rolls were cut arbitrarily. Data shows that tenants who often relocate and are removed, trend 70% Democratic. FT6 has software that finds these folks.
Our state and county democratic parties have been in flux, so we can’t rely on them.
We have cultural obstacles the we need to overcome, as we have a Democratic registration advantage, but three of our House members are MAGATs.
Substack readers can help. Spread the word. Let candidates know. The link to the Field Team 6 Impact Report for the ’22 Cycle: https://www.fieldteam6.org/impact-report-2021-22-d1
And here are the toplines:
• In 2022, Field Team 6 reached 5 million unregistered likely Democrats
• The result? 1.57 million registered - 660,000 of them VOTED!
• The cost? 93¢ per registration - $2.24 per vote!
Millions of unregistered women nationally trend heavily Democratic. Register Democrats -- save Democracy. https://www.fieldteam6.org/mission
Thanks Daniel! I wasn't aware of this excellent group, but it sounds extremely worthwhile; made a small donation to them just now.
My Salada tea-bag tag this morning said, “Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.”
Not bad advice from a tea-bag. I’m not too proud to pay attention. [Seriously checking out FT6 — Can’t be too sanguine this year. Can’t find excuses to sit on hands …]