On February 24, 1836, Colonel William Travis sent a call addressed to “The People of Texas and All Americans in the World.” The call was for help in a major struggle.
Consider this a call for help to the Republicans of Georgia for the runoff special election in House District 23, Cherokee County. The runoff is between Bill Fincher, the Republican, and a democrat.
Now you may wonder why Cherokee County, a strong Republican county, needs help. After all, Donald Trump carried Cherokee County with nearly 70% of the vote.
The painful truth is that all over the country, Democrats are winning these special elections. It is not that the general population has turned against the Republicans.
The simple answer is that the Democrats got their voters to the polls while Republicans did not bother to go vote. I suppose there was a general feeling that someone else would go vote and the Republicans would win as they always did in the past. Therein lies the problem – someone else.
The problem is not that Republicans did not like their candidates, the problem is that Republicans did not vote for their candidates while Democrats turned out the vote.
I would not rank this call for help for Cherokee county at the same level as the call for help with Texas independence. It is a call for help though.
How can you help? I’m not asking for money. I’m asking if you would be willing to make a few friendly telephone calls to ask Republicans to go vote early. It’s that simple.
Here is what I know does not work. Posting and liking social media posts begging people to go vote does not work. It may make you feel better but it does not move the needle.
A personal contact, with a specific ask, “Would you go vote on the first day of early voting?” will be more likely to move someone to go vote than anything else.
I know this because we just proved it in a city election in Cordele. Click here to see my article on that election.
There was one marching order for people who made phone calls:
“Your job is not to convince people to vote for our candidates. Your job is to talk to people who would be voting for our candidate and convince them to go vote.”
If you are interested and willing to learn more about how you can help, then just reply to this e-mail and I’ll be glad to fill you in.
This isn’t 1836 and I’m not William Travis, but I am tired of Republicans giving up ground to Democrats when we do not have to. Consider yourself called.
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