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My efforts to advocate for asymmetric warfare (in my county's Democratic party) date back to late 2022.
Maybe I got the attention/approval of a couple people, but that wasn't enough.
I watch the county Democratic party in 2025...and they continue to use the same old ideas and strategies. They will get the same old results. Sad.
I keep advocating, but present culture in that county party seems to attract and promote old-school thinkers. (No, I'm not the party chair. Many folks seem to be beholden to THE CHAIR. If THE CHAIR says it, it's Gospel. If some knob like me speaks up...who cares?)
I took my ball and bat and went elsewhere.
Where did I go?
To directly support a local candidate:
https://sharonformayor.com/
One way I support that campaign is to reformat the county registered voter list into canvassing/walking lists (sorted by street address), list sorted by name (for calling/mailing), and making maps that show various aspects of data.
1st graphic: plot of recent voter turnout of Alamogordo. Lighter = lower turnout. Darker = higher turnout. If you want to boost voter turnout, go to the lightest precincts. (They are the poorest/oldest parts of the city...greater levels of disaffected voters there. Good luck motivating them.)
See 2nd graphic...maps of voters, by precinct. Now you know what doors to knock on. But, there is also a 'negative' of these maps. Plot every voter, zoom in...and find those houses with zero voters. Hmmmm, that might be a good place to go if you want to boost voter registration.
Data can be used to drive local tactics and grand strategy. This data is often free.
Please boost/share this widely. This is stuff that you can do at zero cost, but you do have to have some skill with spreadsheets.
Community building - it's our way to organize People Power.
And it could work like this:
https://workingclassstories.substack.com/p/homegrown-politics