At the end of the day, you’re endorsing a candidate because you think they’re the best person to hold political office. But making that assessment involves thinking through a lot of factors about who the candidate is, what they stand for, and what their chances are. This chapter reviews key factors your Indivisible group will want to consider.
In a good primary, there’s a robust campaign and a healthy exchange of ideas, allowing for the best candidate to carry the nomination into the general election. And in a healthy primary, everyone unites behind the nominee at the end of the day. This chapter is about how your group can make that happen.
An endorsement is a formal way of signaling and mobilizing your Indivisible group’s support for a candidate. Powerful endorsements are not empty statements, but real commitments that promise concrete actions by your group and members. This chapter goes deeper on what a candidate endorsement is; what the campaign gets from your endorsements; and what your Indivisible group can achieve by using endorsements.
We know elections—especially primaries—can be intimidating. We also know that an endorsement, done correctly, is one of our most powerful tools for change. This guide demystifies the process, with advice on how best to engage in both primary and general elections.
Bird-dogging is a powerful tactic used by grassroots activists to get candidates and elected officials on the record about important issues. Let’s bird-dog our candidates out of the bush and into the light of accountability!
Unless we eliminate the filibuster, we won’t be able to get any of our progressive priorities done in 2021. Here’s what it is and what you can do to make sure we do everything necessary to save our democracy.
Congress has essentially ceded control of our nuclear weapon stockpile to Trump to use whenever he wants. Time for them to take their power back, and take Trump’s finger off the button.
