PC
CORNER: HOW CAN WE PREP FOR 2020
NOW? ENGAGE THE SUPER-DEMS!
By
Anne Sommerkamp
Your
job as a PC is to turn out the vote. To turn out the kind of numbers we will
need to keep this blue wave going in 2020 - we need to get busy NOW. Before the
municipal elections Downers Grove Township PCs were given walk lists that
included our SuperDems. A SuperDem is a person who is in the 85th percentile or
above in the Votebuilder database for voting Democrat. Find your list (or ask
the office to re-send it) and start smiling and dialing.
Depending
on what your precinct looks like there are many ways to get closer to your SuperDems.
Start by calling or sending a note introducing yourself. The call to action is
to get the SuperDem’s email address. Once you have the email address you can
inform them about upcoming events or causes we support. Also use this time to
be sure SuperDems actually live at that address, make sure the phone number is
correct and get that email address. When talking to the SuperDems take time to
listen to their concerns on the local, state, and federal level.
After
your SuperDems are contacted, try hosting a get together for them. The get
together can be held at a local bar, a neighborhood park, or maybe a hot dog
and burger BBQ at your house. Once you have all your SuperDems together the
call to action is to keep meeting, maybe once a month, every two months. Do not
let the first meeting end without a date to meet again.
Some
of these SuperDerms are going to want to get more involved. This is when you
direct them to DGDTO meetings, ask them to talk to neighbors and friends about
2020, find out who they like in 2020, tell them to call, email, or tweet
federal, state, and local legislators. Tell them to look at ilga.org and create
a dashboard so they can send witness slips when legislation important to them is coming up.
Some
of these SuperDems may not want to engage, but keep getting our information to
them. These are voters. If you, as the PC, don't know your neighbors it's high
time to do so. Engage, inform, and have fun with these neighbors.
