THREAD: Trump is moving NOW to lock down Wisconsin, 2020's tipping point state, a year early—but we've got the plan to stop him. We'll knock 50,000 doors for our #1Year2Win campaign—& need your help to fund it. Can you read this thread, RT, & chip in here? wisdems.org/1Year2win
For a moment, put aside the primary. Put aside impeachment. Think about Election Day: November 3, 2020. If it's close, if there's a single state that determines who wins, just about every analysis says it'll be Wisconsin.
What does "tipping-point" state mean? Take all the states where Trump is *less* popular than Wisconsin, and it’s not enough to win the Electoral College.
All the states where he’s *more* popular than Wisconsin: also not enough to win the Electoral College.
WI tips the balance.
All the states where he’s *more* popular than Wisconsin: also not enough to win the Electoral College.
WI tips the balance.
Most likely, whoever wins Wisconsin in 2020 becomes president.
And Trump wants to stay president with every fiber of his being.
So he's already ramping up the general election campaign here.
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And Trump wants to stay president with every fiber of his being.
So he's already ramping up the general election campaign here.
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Trump won Wisconsin last time by 22,748 votes. He expects our side to be fired up. So he's shooting higher. He's planning to DOUBLE the field campaign he ran last time. He's already brought on 14 field staff in WI, running multiple field trainings a week.
latimes.com/politics/story…
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WI license plates say "America's Dairyland." But the backup slogan is "Home of the nailbiter." 3 of WI's last 5 prez winners came in with margins under 1%. Last year's governor's race: 1.1%. State Supreme Court race this spring: 0.5%, just 5,960 votes. Those are field margins.
Trump is carpeting the state with digital ads to find supporters, and channeling them into his field operation. He thinks he has a year's head start before we get a nominee.
But the truth is, he's behind. Why? Because of you. Us. The millions of us, ready to fight.
But the truth is, he's behind. Why? Because of you. Us. The millions of us, ready to fight.
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker thought he'd broken us. He and the Koch Brothers and Reince Priebus and Paul Ryan had flooded the state with dark money, smashed unions, suppressed voters. They thought they'd turned Wisconsin red. But we fought back. And in 2018, we won.
We did it by organizing. Neighbor to neighboor. Block to block. Our field program started in the spring of 2017, and built up 250 neighborhood teams on the ground by election day last year. Then the GOP woke up. Started copying our model. So we hit the gas.cbs58.com/news/block-by-…
Now, with #1Year2Win, we're pushing the gas pedal through the floor—with the biggest canvassing push, this far from e-day, that our state's ever seen. 50k doors by Nov 3. 1618 volunteers already signed up. Can you help us find 1618 donors to support them? wisdems.org/1Year2Win
If you live here in Wisconsin, or within driving distance, come help knock doors. You can sign up at wisdems.org/2020. (Or you can RT, from anywhere on earth.) Just look at that map of canvass launches! Makes my organizer's heart sing.
We're using new tech this weekend that the Trump team doesn't have access to. We're talking to voters that haven't heard from Dems in a long time. And we're building neighborhood teams. In short: testing tactics, building capacity, expanding the electorate.wsj.com/articles/wisco…
You helped make this possible. Back in July, Trump visited Wisconsin—and we launched the #CheddarBomb, our first viral Twitter fundraising drive. More than 2,000 grassroots donors stepped up to help. We ramped up our hiring accordingly.
Thanks in no small part to the thousands of people who shared the #CheddarBomb thread and gave to the @WisDems for the first time, we're now up to 17 full-time field staff—an unprecedented number for us this far from an election, and ahead of Team Trump. latimes.com/politics/story…
@WisDems Now, as our organizers mobilize volunteers this weekend, your help with fundraising allows us to hire & train the *next* crop of field organizers. Want to join our team? Know someone who should? Here's the job posting! wisdems.org/get-involved/j…
@WisDems At every phase, we're simultaneously fighting the fight AND building to be even stronger for the next one. That's the core of our Five Fights strategy:
1. Win the spring
2. Inspire & train at the Convention
3. Stop the GOP Supermajority
4. Cancel Trump
5. Organize for the future
1. Win the spring
2. Inspire & train at the Convention
3. Stop the GOP Supermajority
4. Cancel Trump
5. Organize for the future
@WisDems I wrote about the Five Fights in the #Cheddarbomb thread, before our Department of Strategic Acronyms unveiled "WISCO." Review the fights here:
@WisDems And at every step, we fight with our values on our sleeve—encapsulated by (another hot acronym!) FIRE. Fight on the issues, Include & Respect everyone—communities of color, rural, suburbs, and cities alike; and Empower the grassroots with data, tech, & training.
@WisDems That—continuous, intensive, boots-on-the-ground organizing that weaponizes the political calendar and, combined with cutting-edge digital techniques, mobilizes *and* persuades in all communities and in every corner of the state—is how we win Wisconsin in 2020. Starting now.
@WisDems We can't do this alone. We need your heroism. Once you've chipped in at WisDems.org/1Year2Win (make it monthly!), can you spread the word?
RT this thread?
Post on Facebook?
And quote-tweet this thread, tagging people you follow who can help push it further?
RT this thread?
Post on Facebook?
And quote-tweet this thread, tagging people you follow who can help push it further?
@WisDems Reading the news, it can feel like the sky is falling. The overload can be paralyzing. And that's literally Trump's strategy—to move so fast and break so many things that you'll get overwhelmed and shut down.
Don't let him do that to you.
Don't let him do that to you.
@WisDems If you're reading this, it's because you care what happens to this country, and to the world. It's because you know that the plight of every future generation will be affected by what *we* all do in the next twelve months.
Turn that conviction into action. It's your superpower.
Turn that conviction into action. It's your superpower.
@WisDems Step back. Look at the electoral college math. If we stop Trump in Wisconsin—if we do our jobs, alongside the vital work our friends are doing in MI, PA, MN, and every other battleground state—then Trump's gone. The Trump era will end.
@WisDems And by fighting this election, we do more than stop Trump. We power a small-d democratic future. We build the groundwork for a future where everyone can thrive. Beating Trump won't end Trumpism. But it's a necessary step—an essential step in the work of a lifetime. So let's move.
You are such a good friend to Wisconsin and to all who are organizing here, @PiperPerabo! Thank you.
@Alyssa_Milano UPDATE: The first day of our #1Year2Win fundraising drive has has had GIGANTIC energy! Not yet 24 hours in, we've already had 1,233 donations—closing in on our initial goal of 1618, to match the volunteers committed to canvassing on Monday! Let's smash through it!
@Alyssa_Milano 🔥FIRE in snowy Wisconsin: our #1Year2Win drive is lighting up the state! Folks have chipped in 1,393 times already—and we're just getting started. Thousands of volunteers will be knocking 50k doors here this weekend. Can you help us reach 2020 donations?
wisdems.org/1year2win
wisdems.org/1year2win
Thanks so much, Jon—and he’s right, folks! Also, thanks for coming to Wisconsin to help figure out what messages will win 2020.
THANK YOU to the hundreds of volunteers already out knocking on doors for #1year2win! We’re on our way to hitting 50,000 doors this weekend.
If you can’t go knock, donate here so we can keep organizing: secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
@MKEDems are fired up!
If you can’t go knock, donate here so we can keep organizing: secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
@MKEDems are fired up!
Amazing #1year2win turnout in Northeast Wisconsin! Remember, Trump personally visited Green Bay this spring. But I don’t see anything like this energy on the other side. Go Dems!
Thank you @JoshTPM! The @WisDems team is the absolute best. #1year2win is just one demonstration of their commitment to win this.
@joshtpm @WisDems I believe that is indeed a pre-dawn #1year2win canvassing selfie! Thank you @HannahTemes and team!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes Scott Walker tried to cut the office of Treasurer from the WI Constitution. Sarah Godlewski led the fight to save it—& was elected Treasurer herself.
Greta Neubauer helped kick-start youth climate activism. Now a State Rep.
They're knocking doors today!
Greta Neubauer helped kick-start youth climate activism. Now a State Rep.
They're knocking doors today!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes UPDATE from Wisconsin: We held a #1Year2Win canvass in 2017, a year out from defeating Scott Walker and electing @GovEvers. It was a huge push.
This year's weekend of action has five door-knocking shifts. In our first shift today, we beat 2017's record—from the entire weekend.
This year's weekend of action has five door-knocking shifts. In our first shift today, we beat 2017's record—from the entire weekend.
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers Normally @TomMcCannWI is the guy behind the computer making everything possible... today he's out knocking doors because we only have #1year2win!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI Thank you to @collegedemswi!
We literally could not win this without you. #1year2win
We literally could not win this without you. #1year2win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI Thank you @MarkPocan! Wisconsin is so lucky to have leaders who are unafraid to get out and talk to voters and work so hard to serve their community. #1year2win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan One year to go, and @MKEDems's clipboards are already broken in! This is a team that is ready for anything. #1year2win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems Thank you @PattyForSenate and thank you Osceola!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate Eau Claire has amazing leaders like @JodiRep, and a volunteer team that is fired up and ready to go. If you're nearby, there's a clipboard waiting for you at #1year2win!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep Look at this packed house in Racine—full of volunteers ready to canvass at 9am on a snowy Saturday morning! Kudos to
@RacineDems
Join a noon canvass shift! wisdems.org/2020
Not in WI, and want to help multiply this? Become a monthly supporter: wisdems.org/1year2win
@RacineDems
Join a noon canvass shift! wisdems.org/2020
Not in WI, and want to help multiply this? Become a monthly supporter: wisdems.org/1year2win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems If you're near Racine and were on the fence about joining in #1year2win... this should get you off it. Democracy + Kringle = the best possible Saturday.
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems Important Wisconsin fact for people deciding whether to relocate here and help win 2020:
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems Here's the thing about canvassing: it's not scary at all. We're finding that voters are fired up about this election, and excited to talk about it, even a year out. But you don't have to take my word for it:
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems About to arrive at Eau Claire Dems office now to kick off a canvass with State Sen. Jeff Smith . One thing I love about @EC_Democrats is their intense work to elect Dems at every level, up and down the ballot. Let's do this, Eau Claire! #1Year2Win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats Amazing work in Walworth County! You love to see it.
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats Room absolutely brimming with energy in Eau Claire. Thanks to @SenSmithWI for the intro, and to everyone—especially the team of college students, all first-time canvassers—out on doors right now!
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@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi Canvassing in Eau Claire, talked to a woman who hadn't voted in years. Not on any of our lists.
Me: "What do you think of the job Trump's doing?"
She looked at me like—"Do you even need to ask?"
I confirmed. She loathes Trump. Signed up for our emails on the spot. #1Year2Win
Me: "What do you think of the job Trump's doing?"
She looked at me like—"Do you even need to ask?"
I confirmed. She loathes Trump. Signed up for our emails on the spot. #1Year2Win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi WHOA: Just ran the numbers: momentum is exploding in our #1Year2Win fundraising drive. We just hit 2,165 total donations, rocketing past our goal of 2020. Let's go big: can we hit 2500 today?
Chip in here! wisdems.org/1year2win
... monthly extra appreciated. Give, then RT!
Chip in here! wisdems.org/1year2win
... monthly extra appreciated. Give, then RT!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi Feet are for walking, hands are for knocking... and ears are for listening. Thanks for showing us all that we can win by listening, Robyn!
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi UPDATES on the @WisDems #1year2win weekend of action in Wisconsin:
1. #1year2win is trending
2. We've now knocked more Wisconsin doors this weekend than we did the *entire year* in 2015 or 2017
3. We've knocked more than Trump's 2016 margin of victory
... and we're not done yet
1. #1year2win is trending
2. We've now knocked more Wisconsin doors this weekend than we did the *entire year* in 2015 or 2017
3. We've knocked more than Trump's 2016 margin of victory
... and we're not done yet
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi Hudson, Wisconsin, population 12,719, currently 36º Fahrenheit, is knocking it out of the park for #1Year2Win today!
Show them some love, Twitter: wisdems.org/1year2win
Show them some love, Twitter: wisdems.org/1year2win
@joshtpm @WisDems @HannahTemes @GovEvers @TomMcCannWI @CollegeDemsWI @MarkPocan @mkedems @PattyforSenate @JodiRep @RacineDems @EC_Democrats @sensmithwi Winnebago County Dems building capacity and then sending folks out to knock on doors—brings a smile to my face! Go @WinnebagoDemsWI!
@WisDems Patty Schachter astonished the nation when she won her State Senate Special Election in an R+27 district last year. Now, a year out from her re-election, she’s out on doors with College Dems and community members, talking to voters. This is how we win!
@WisDems Sauk County has been hailed as one of 10 counties that will decide the 2020 elections. And it'll go blue, because Dems of all ages are out on doors a year early—and they won't stop!
@WisDems Loved meeting this team. So excited for what the next year holds. Let's go knock down more doors!
@WisDems This is what it's all about, folks. Talking to your neighbors, then talking some more. It feels good, right? #1year2win!
@WisDems .@KharyP + @WalworthCoDems + knocking on doors is a powerful combination I can get get behind. #1year2win
Knocking on doors for Dems isn’t just good for the world. It can also restore your faith in your community.
Just spoke to a former Republican who voted Green in 2016. In 2020? Planning to vote Dem!
Final door of the day was a couple, both veterans on disability, friendly as anyone I’ve met, spitting bullets about what Trump has done to vets and on health care, with cheerfully and hilariously obscene descriptions of the First Family. Voting straight Dem in 2020.
Our great Attorney General, @JoshKaulWI, won almost exactly one year ago. Now, one year out from 2020, he's kicking off a canvass in Waukesha, and @KyungLahCNN is there to see it. Follow her thread for another look at #1Year2Win!
Day one of #1year2win is wrapping up here in Wisconsin. I’m on the road home. Sky is darkening. But the future is brightening. We rocked our goals today. And there’s still tomorrow!
Find a shift: wisdems.org/2020
Fund our organizing: wisdems.org/1year2win
THANK YOU!
Find a shift: wisdems.org/2020
Fund our organizing: wisdems.org/1year2win
THANK YOU!
We just blew past our donations target. *2,584 contributions!*
Stretch goal: Can we get to 3000?
Here's the link. If you're inspired by the organizing on the ground in Wisconsin, and if you want to see even more, RT & chip in! Make it monthly!
wisdems.org/1year2win
Stretch goal: Can we get to 3000?
Here's the link. If you're inspired by the organizing on the ground in Wisconsin, and if you want to see even more, RT & chip in! Make it monthly!
wisdems.org/1year2win
November 3, 2019 is here. It’s literally #1year2win. @TammyBaldwin just kicked off our first canvass here in Madison. More launching all over the state this morning, racing towards our goal of 50k doors knocked. Here’s a reflection to start your day:
Young people are up and at ‘em today in Wisconsin. Can you be part of it?
Thank you so much, @TammyBaldwin, for your leadership, for showing how to win big in Wisconsin—and for helping fire up the volunteers for #1Year2Win this morning!
@tammybaldwin Thanks to @TomForWI, running for Congress in the 5th district, and all the great candidates across the state who pitched in to our huge team #1Year2Win effort this weekend! Final shift of the day starts in 24 minutes...
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi Yesterday, @WisDems volunteers canvassed at 9, 12, and 3 across the state. This afternoon, there's a Packers game. So the our shifts are 9 and 12. Meaning: last opportunity to knock starts in 23 minutes! Go to wisdems.org/2020 to find one near you!
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems AMAZING: We're *right* on the cusp of smashing our goal of 50,000 doors knocked in Wisconsin for our #1Year2Win organizing push, and we're at 2934 donations—on the very edge of reaching 3,000! Can you chip in now, and RT?
secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems If you're on the cusp of donating to @WisDems, let me take a moment to explain exactly what your donations are supporting today: organizing. First and foremost, hiring & training great organizers to build neighborhood teams in every corner of Wisconsin.
secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems We've had our statewide organizing director, deputies, and most of our regional organizing directors on the ground for months now. They've trained a terrific, diverse team of current and potential field organizers all over Wisconsin, in part through our @OrgCorps2020 partnership.
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 Often, including in 2016, campaigns have waited until the summer before the election to bring on these leadership teams. After Trump won here, we changed strategies—and hired our team in early 2017. Many of our field leaders have been on our staff for more than two years now!
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 Hiring field staff early costs much, much more than staffing up in a rush at the end. But the impact is vast. Experienced @wisdems organizers learn their communities—and build volunteer teams that can run their *own* door to door canvass operations. The result: more impact per $.
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 We're making a strategic bet at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin that if we staff up early & aggressively, we'll find the resources to keep growing the team (and all the gas tank fill-ups, boxes of literature to distribute, and other costs to support it). We're counting on you.
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 The three currencies of campaigns are money, people, and time. By investing money early, we get the advantage of time, which lets us organize far more people by election day. It's like planting a tree: the earlier you do it, the bigger it'll be down the road.
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 This weekend's #1Year2Win push is a people-powered effort. A jaw-dropping display of energy by thousands of people who could have done anything with their weekend, and chose this. What made it possible: their commitment, plus intensive, early investment in organizing.
@tammybaldwin @tomforwi @WisDems @orgcorps2020 So—that's why these contributions, a year out from the election, are so important. I'm so grateful for everyone who's knocked a door this weekend, made a phone call, sent a text... or made a monthly donation to our efforts. You can join them here! secure.actblue.com/donate/1year2w…
UPDATE: We. Just. Smashed. Our. Door goal! 50k done and still knocking!
And soooo close to 3k donations! Let’s finish strong!
And soooo close to 3k donations! Let’s finish strong!
BOOM! Just cleared the 3000th donation of the week! This means more organizers and more grassroots strength. Let’s keep it going! Can we hit 3500 today? Is that too huge? Go! Go! Go!
Wisdems.org/1year2win
Wisdems.org/1year2win
An under-appreciated benefit of doing big, ambitious canvasses like this is that you get to know voters so much better than you could by polls alone. Our volunteers and candidates are going to be so much more ready because of #1year2win. Thank you!
