[Sosfbay-discuss] We're #5: Anaylzing Santa Clara's Voter Registration Report of 5/19/08

[Drew Johnson]

I think the truth is somewhere in the middle.  I don't think that the ONLY
reason AIP is so big is that people are confused about it and mean to sign
up as independents -- but some obviously do make that mistake.  Let's not
discount the number of hard core conservatives in our midst.  I think as
Cameron's experience shows there are a goodly number of AIP registrants
who really ARE that conservative.  They're probably Rush Limbaugh/Fox
Noise consumers. :-)  We're probably not likely to wrest many away from
THAT party (unless of course as Eric said they're the ones who are trying
to say they are independent).

One thing I think we should frame our presentation with is that Greens are
independents!  We are independent of the Duopoly.  Independent of the
Corporatocracy, the power elites, the Imperialists, the NeoCons, the
Dominionists, the status quo, the Domination Paradigm!!!  We are about
'Power With' not 'Power Over'.  When people grasp the truth of this they
just might come our way.  Many of those large, large numbers of 'Decline
to State' and Eligible but Aren't Registered (my EbAR category) could very
well
become Green when they realize that...


Green is Independent!

Drew



On Sun, June 1, 2008 15:30, cls at truffula.sj.ca.us wrote:
>
>>Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:18:30 -0700
>>From: "E. Alan Meece" <eameece at california.com>
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>>To: Drew Johnson <JamBoi at Greens.org>
>>Cc: sc-sm at lists.sonic.net, sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
>>Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] We're #5: Anaylzing Santa Clara's Voter
>>	Registration Report of 5/19/08
>
>>Some things to keep in mind, though you probably know;
>
>>The only reason AIP has the numebrs they do is that people register with
>>them thinking they are registering "Independent."
>
>
> I don't think that's as true as it used to be.
> The last three times I've asked the registrant if he knew what
> party he'd just joined, he said yes and told me something
> about the AIP.  Maybe it's a fluke.
>
> cls
>
>
>>>   Green: 4,611 people or 0.64% of all Registered Voters in Santa Clara
>>> Co.
>>>
>>> Across the state the Green Party of CA is at 0.75% of total
>>> registration,
>>> so we are running lower than that figure at 0.64% in our county.
>>> There are basically two groups to grow our registration numbers from.
>>>
>>> 1) Recruit from EbARs
>>> (391,861 people or a whopping 35.39% of all eligible),
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>
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