Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #electable
Most recents (2)
For 10 years I’ve worked on progressive policies like immigration reform while living in rural or red states. Below is a thread to try and help progressives avoid repeating the same mistakes we’ve made in the past especially when it comes to the #electability argument.
Obviously the Democratic brand is a liability in rural communities. @RuralOrganizing 2018 midterm polling showed that 68% of rural Americans consider themselves to be conservative or moderate. But that's only half of the picture. ruralorganizing.org/polling-brief-…
Democrats tend to engage rural voters in one of two ways. They either outright ignore them or try to sound more like Republicans. This cycle, many DC consultants are pushing the latter which is a big mistake. thehill.com/opinion/campai…
In a stunning upset in 1981, @SenSanders won the mayoral race in Burlington, Vermont’s largest city. He shocked the city’s political establishment by defeating a six-term, local machine mayor. Burlington is now reported to be one of the most livable cities in the nation. 
In 1984, Mayor @SenSanders established the Burlington Community Land Trust - the 1st municipal housing land-trust in the country for affordable housing. The project became a model emulated throughout the world. It later won an award from HUD.
slate.com/business/2016/…
#RunBernieRun
slate.com/business/2016/…
#RunBernieRun
While Mayor: @SenSanders balanced the budget; undertook ambitious revitalization projects; sued the town’s cable franchise ti win reduced rates for customers; kept property taxes down; improved city services; & saved the lakefront from being built up by developers.
#RunBernieRun
#RunBernieRun
