I’m writing this because I think that it is important to compete and do well not just in the Federal level races, but in the State level races as well. Getting Democratic trifectas in a state, or preventing Republican trifectas, is very important, even if you don’t live in the state in question. When voter suppression passes, or districts are gerrymandered, the people elected there can still affect your life. Despite that, too often state legislatures are ignored while people are focusing on the bigger races. It can also be hard to know who to donate to, when there are so many different candidates running. So I made an ActBlue page that allow you to split your donation between all of the competitive races. As an added bonus, I flipped the setting so that when you donate, it asks your permission to give out your email and phone info to the candidate; hopefully that will prevent people’s inboxes from overflowing. Today I’m fundraising for the state of ...
North Carolina!
North Carolina State Senate:
There are 50 seats in the North Carolina State Senate, and the Democrats have 21 seats right now, the Republicans have the remaining 29 seats. In order to win back the North Carolina state senate, the Democrats need to pick up at least 5 seats, or 4 seats and the Lt Governor’s office.
North Carolina State House:
There are 120 seats in the North Carolina State House, and the Democrats hold 55. To win back the house, the Democrats will need to pick up 6 seats.
This link allows you to split your donation between the closest state legislative seats in North Carolina.
SemDem has an excellent breakdown on some of the more competitive races, check it out if you want to know more about some of these candidates.
EVEN $5 TO ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES HELPS! I understand not being able to donate to every single candidate, but every bit counts, so if you can help out just one person then please do so.
How do I determine which seats are swing seats? Right now, my method is to see if the seat voted for Trump in 2016 by less than 10 points, or if it voted for the Republican by less than 10 points in 2018. I know it’s not a perfect method, but I do not have a lot of local knowledge of these races, so I’m just going by the numbers. If you think there’s a race I’m missing and should be added to the list, please comment below. ( Note: some candidates did not have ActBlue pages set up, so they could not be added).