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Voting
May 18, 2020 14:59:41 GMT
Post by garyriccio on May 18, 2020 14:59:41 GMT
This thread is for discussion of various involvement of voters in environmental issues
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Voting
May 18, 2020 15:02:05 GMT
Post by garyriccio on May 18, 2020 15:02:05 GMT
Environmental Voter ProjectThe Environmental Voter Project aims to significantly increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters. Most environmental groups focus on endorsing environmental candidates and then helping them win elections. This is crucially important work, but the Environmental Voter Project takes a different and complementary approach: we focus on changing the electorate, rather than trying to win isolated elections. We focus on voters, not candidates. Why? Because even when the environmental movement elects good environmental candidates, these politicians won’t lead on environmental issues unless large numbers of voters force them to. Quite simply, politicians will always go where the votes are. And right now, most environmentalists don’t vote, so politicians consistently ignore us and our priorities. This is why the Environmental Voter Project is laser-focused on solving the environmental voter turnout problem. We’re building an army of consistent environmental voters who show up for every election (local, state, and federal) to ratchet up the pressure on politicians until they truly lead on climate change and the environment. If we flood the polls, politicians will be forced to provide the environmental leadership we demand...or they’ll be out of a job.
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