Below is an extract of a post published on Guardian titled "First they marched, then they mobilized: how the resistance swayed the midterms"
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Democrats may not have generated a blue tsunami, but we saw how savvy and energized the grassroots resistance can be The single most important player in the midterm elections may well have been the grassroots resistance to Trump. Democrats didn’t quite generate the blue tsunami they were hoping for, but they won back the House and prevailed in as many state and local elections as they did because of extraordinary and historic levels of volunteer engagement, for which the resistance can take much of the credit. Millions of those who marched in protest since Trump took office turned their energies this fall toward mobilizing to get voters to the polls: phone-banking, text-banking, and canvassing door-to-door in record numbers, which in turn helped generate record voter turnout across the United States. An individual has only one vote to cast. But when you mobilize others to vote, you multiply your impact, and it was this multiplier effect that gave Democrats their edge in the races they won. Related: ‘Black girl magic’: 19 black women ran for judge in Texas county – and all 19 won Related: Beto 2020? How O'Rourke became a Texas sensation who could shape the future of the Democrats LA Kauffman is a longtime grassroots organizer and movement historian. Her new book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, has just been published by University of California Press Continue reading…
