Category Vote

Taylor Swift Effect: A New Wave of Democratic Voters

The Taylor Swift effect. After watching Democrats win big in Virginia and elsewhere on 11/7/2023, Taylor Swift will come out in the 2024 presidential election just like she did for Virginia, and she will mobilize her fans. But let’s step…

Racist Gerrymandering in Alabama: A Challenge to Fair Representation

Republicans nationwide are hell-bent on preventing black people from voting using racist gerrymandering. They’re also trying to prevent their black constituents in various states from being represented in Congress. Gerrymandering And The Black Vote Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral…

Young Voters: The Power Is Yours To Make Big Changes

Turnup.us is an organization that is by youth for youth. It’s about registering and organizing young voters. We already know that four million young people turn 18 each year. That’s four million additional young voters going into the electorate yearly.…

Phone Banking: How To Help Win Elections

Consider signing up to do phone banking. What Is Phone Banking? Phone banking is when people, usually volunteers, call a list of potential voters to promote a cause or candidate. Phone banking is a great way to help win elections…

Freedom To Vote Act: Building A Better Future

Democrats in Congress reintroduced in July 2023 what could be one of the most important bills of our lifetimes. It’s called the Freedom to Vote Act, and it would expand and standardize automatic voter registration and same-day voter registration. It…

Voter Suppression: How To Beat The GOP’s Tactics

Politicians lie to get into and stay in office, but Republicans have to cheat. They do that through gerrymandering and other voter suppression tactics because they know their policy positions are unpopular. As we see the rise of imposter candidates,…

Gerrymandering: It’s Time to End This Practice

On Thursday, 6/8/2023, the United States Supreme Court upheld the decision against gerrymandering in the state of Alabama. This decision could dramatically change what will happen in other states that have lawsuits against gerrymandering. This is extremely important as Republican politicians…

Automatic Voter Registration: A Threat To The Rich

Voter registration is a tool used to keep people from voting. It’s another feature of our political system that goes pretty much unchallenged. Is It The Norm? The truth is that American voter registration is far outside the norm in…