Politics the Wellstone Way : How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues.
Title:
Politics the Wellstone Way : How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues.
Author:
Action, Wellstone.
ISBN:
9780816697755
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- About This Book -- Introduction: Politics the Wellstone Way -- 1. Starting Out Right: Preparation and Planning -- 2. Delivering a Winning Message -- 3. Base Building -- 4. Communications -- 5. Field Organizing and Direct Voter Contact -- 6. Budget and Fundraising -- 7. Scheduling for Electoral Campaigns -- 8. Get Out the Vote (GOTV) -- 9. Advocacy, Lobbying, and Winning on Issues -- 10. Sustaining Progressive Change -- APPENDIXES -- A. "Coordinated Campaign": Field Plan from the 2002 Minnesota Democratic Party Effort to Reelect Paul Wellstone and Other Democrats -- B. Wellstone for Senate 2002 Community of Color Organizing Plan: Minnesota's Hmong Community -- C. Action Planning Template -- Acknowledgments -- About Paul Wellstone -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Edited by Bill LofyPolitics the Wellstone Way offers a comprehensive set of strategies to help progressives channel energy into winning issue-based and electoral campaigns. From the school board all the way to the White House, Politics the Wellstone Way instructs people on becoming better organizers, candidates, campaign workers, and citizen activists, empowering them to make their voices heard.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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