While you’re at it, get them to work on a popular but overlooked issue -- funding to clean up a park, music programs in schools, whatever. Getting behind a single issue lends credibility for the future even if the candidate doesn’t win.

What’s more, hearing from people they didn’t expect matters. Getting your senior citizen parents to write in support of public school funding is a bigger deal because it signals that the issue is getting attention outside of the usual suspects. Getting some people in a wealthy neighborhood to write about drug…

Good for you! Now see if you can get a friend or two to join in. Magnify your voice.

While you’re there, complain that you can’t get through and complain that you’re not getting a response. If they say something about unusual call volume, tell them that’s a rotten excuse and they need to do more to let their voters get through. That kind of complaint resonates with the press and voters on the fence.

This speaks to what Burneko said about calling your local state reps and aldermen and whatever. If your city council member starts complaining to Rubio that he’s getting a million calls from public school parents worried about GOP cuts to funding, his office will take notice in a way they may not care about individual…

That’s why state-level elections matter. Redistricting is in a couple of years, and if the Democrats can break through in the Governor and State House elections, Ryan will start sweating. He will own any horrible cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and he is not going to want to have half of his district split…

It’s too soon, but one thing to start organizing around is get out the vote efforts before the next primary. It doesn’t even have to be on behalf of a candidate, it can be for a non-partisan group like League of Women Voters.

In terms of pure numbers, Democrats outnumber Republicans, so the claim that it’s one-for-one isn’t exactly right. But pedantry aside, that article leaves out the independent voters. In recent years, the GOP has held their own among them, and now they’re facing deficits.

One key thing in a case like that is to have concrete examples of how the GOP hurts people. It’s worth keeping a folder of downloaded articles about people (and animals and institutions) who are going to be damaged by Trump and the GOP. Or even a summary of people you know and their stories. When someone gives you…

Remember, though, that it goes two ways. It’s not just an issue of getting the good guys to the polls, it’s about discouraging the bad guys from voting. If you have a racist retired father in law, start letting him know what the GOP is planning on doing about Medicare and Social Security. He may never vote Democratic,…

Do you know anyone in the US? Give them props when they speak out, and urge them to vote. Urge them now and urge them in November. And remind them that even Stephen Harper was shown the door. That kind of thing helps morale.

That’s how it starts. “Give him a chance” is shorthand for buyer’s remorse, and while it’s no sure thing that they’ll be voting against the GOP in the next election, there will be a number of them who at least stay home. That can be enough to win upcoming races. Keep feeding the doubts of those people. Many won’t…

Good point, although there’s a third group that really matters. It’s the voters who are apathetic, tuned out, or maybe don’t see a difference between the parties.

Extending that running metaphor, it’s much, much easier to train when you do it with friends. Fight, but don’t do it in isolation. Get a pack of people together who you like and trust. Work together. Support each other. You’ll go a lot farther and a lot faster.

The absolutely most important thing in your excellent piece is telling people to get other people involved.