Red2Blue Action Team
We’re Not Done Yet!!!
Help change democracy from RED to BLUE!
Since the inception of our chapter’s Red2Blue Team, we have been working hard to advance democratic ideals and end the obstructive measures of the GOP and Trump Administration. Together, we have targeted places such as PA, VA, NC, FL, GA and recently OH with our canvassing, phone/text-banking and postcard writing efforts.
With the election of Joe Biden in 2020 and a majority Democratic Senate, our future looked bright. Unfortunately, 2022 returned Congress to a GOP majority including their most ardent followers of the MAGA crowd. Now the overturn of Dobbs, and the assault on voting rights playing out in the courts are calling us back to action more than ever. So, we are not done!
Our team is turning its attention to the 2024 election and forming collaborative relationships with other grassroots organizations to start anew in the fight to save our democracy. Our concerted efforts are to re-elect Joe Biden, return the U.S. Congress back to the Democrats, and give our U.S. Senate a majority necessary to get this country turned back around.
We need your help, and the help of your family and friends to help our Democratic neighbors to the north (PA) and south (VA) in the coming months. No joke! This is a serious election. We thought we were finished with Trump, but we’re not finished (yet) with him or his MAGA minions.
Get involved by reading our e-newsletter Update.
Email our Team Leaders, Lynn and Tara, to get started!
Phonebanking
Support Voter Registration (VR), Get Out the Vote (GOTV) and Vote By Mail (VBM) initiatives from the comfort of your own home using your computer and some of the most efficient dialer systems. We will even guide you through an individual step-by-step training process if that’s most comfortable. But all phonebank campaigns we participate in will be fully vetted for cohesive training and a feeling of community and support.
Textbanking
Textbanking is an effective means of directly communicating with a lot of voters quickly, especially those less receptive to answering their phones. As with phonebanking, these campaigns will be fully vetted for their training, script and feeling of a supported community that we can pass on to you.
Postcarding
We partner with particular campaigns or Democratic committees to learn what message they want to communicate, to whom, and why. We provide you with the text to write, a list of addresses (as many or as few as you’d like), and the target date for mailing. Themed postcards may be purchased through our Postcard Brigade, the particular campaign, or you may use your own. You supply the stamps which can be purchased at usps.com or at a Post Office. Postcard writing parties have regained popularity now that COVID is less of a threat with vaccination, but you may choose to write on your own in the comfort of your home.
2020-2021 Accomplishments
Red2Blue pushed the end of the Trump Administration’s assault on our democratic ideals and GOP Senate’s obstructive measures by supporting targeted races in PA, FL, GA, NC and SC. We did this through:
•Increasing participation in our action team via an Active Citizenship 101 Seminar (February, 2020), IndivisibleHoCoMD’s virtual General Membership Meeting (May 2020) and attendance at monthly virtual New Member Coffees.
•Creating election “squads” to execute strategic initiatives.
•Redesigning the R2B webpage and created a special R2B events calendar, better directing IndivisibleHoCoMD activists to targeted election initiatives.
•Further eroding previously strong GOP margins in aggressive down-ballot challenges in South Central PA & helping drive turnout at the top of the ticket to flip PA blue for Biden/Harris!
•In Polk Co., FL our Postcard Brigade increased turnout for Biden (compared with 2016 outcome) by 25,000 votes, writing >93,000 postcards and increasing Democratic Vote by Mail ballots by >10%.
2022 Goals and Plans
Make sure you are signed up for our weekly/biweekly updates for current news and feel free to contact our team facilitators Lynn Foehrkolb (lfoehrkolb@yahoo.com) and Tara Carey (taracarey@hotmail.com).
Phone banking
We support both Vote by Mail (VBM) initiatives and specific candidates to increase voter turnout. Our target audiences are independent and Democrat voters. You make calls from the comfort of your own home using your computer and cell phone. We provide training, including a script, and ongoing support in the use of virtual automated dialer software.
Text banking
Text banking is an effective means of directly communicating with a lot of voters quickly, and a valuable method of communicating with those less receptive to answering their phones. As with phone banking, you send the texts from the comfort of your own home using your computer and cell phone. We provide training, including a script, and ongoing support in the use of text banking software.
Postcarding
We partner with particular campaigns or Democratic committees to learn what message they want to communicate, to whom, and why. We provide you with the text to write, a list of addresses (as many or as few as you’d like), and the target date for mailing. Themed postcards can be purchased through our Postcard Brigade (3.5 cents each) or you can use your own. You supply the stamps (35 cents), which can be purchased at usps.com or at a Post Office.