GASLIT NATION 2024 SURVIVAL GUIDE

All hands on deck!

This election is bigger than Biden. We have the chance to hack away at corruption at the root by building our power at the all-important state level, where crucial quality-of-life issues, from voting rights to environmental protections to LGBTQ+ rights and more, are decided. Karl Rove ran this same strategy for the GOP during the Obama years, laying the groundwork for Trump to come to power in 2016. Now we’re reversing this dangerous trend, securing key victories in swing states to protect our elections and advance progressive laws in states like Michigan and Wisconsin. Another world is possible when we unite and build together. Here’s how: 

  1. Join Andrea at State Fair, a giving circle that collects small dollar donations among friends and families to build big power in key state races. If 1,000 Gaslit Nation listeners set-up a $5 recurring monthly donation, that’s $5,000 we’re sending to turn so-called red states purple, and so called purple states blue. Some of the races we’ve supported won by only a few votes! Your $5 monthly donation will make a huge difference. Join Andrea and friends at State Fair today! Sign up here.

  2. Are there any young people in your life, GenZ or younger? Give them the gift of the excellent book Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself. It helps people of all ages run for office – so if you’re thinking of running yourself, be sure read this inspiring and practical guide. Both the book and the organization, Run for Something, encourage, recruit, and train young people to run for office and flex their power. Inspire a young person, and anyone you love and trust, to run for office today.

  3. Help the helpers! State Bridges is a Sister District Action Network (c4) program in which volunteers from across the country fundraise for organizations doing year-round power-building in key battleground states like Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. State Bridges supports organizations engaging communities underrepresented at the polls, like mothers of color, rural voters, and latinx voters. Sign up here to attend a virtual fundraiser and donate now!

  4. Write letters to voters in swing districts with Vote Forward. Check out any of their easy letter writing campaigns and write letters as you listen to Gaslit Nation! We’ll be keeping you company.

  5. Most importantly, check your own voter registration now at election protection site Vote.org. Make sure you’re registered, and check in with your family and friends to confirm their voter registration, too. Commit to helping five people in your life make a plan to vote, and bring them along to a Gaslit Nation phonebank this fall. Because the only one coming to save us, is us. Grassroots power is the most reliable power we have left.