UNMasking DeSantis

INDIVISIBLE ROLLS OUT NEW STATE-LEVEL STRATEGY

Taking our fight to state legislatures around the country, we’re rolling out new strategies and support to remake our democracy and circumvent Trump’s agenda, state by state -- all 50 of them. 

The backstory

For decades, Republicans entrenched their power by artfully taking over state legislatures. They weaponized their control to roll back voting protections, institute suppressive voting rules, and gerrymander district lines to maintain GOP power while losing popularity.

And it worked... until we built the blue wave, which swept the House and State Houses, too. We won:

✅ 350+ state legislative seats

✅ 7 new governorships

✅ 7 state legislative chambers

✅ 6 Democratic supermajorities

✅ 6 Democratic trifectas (total one-party control of the state government)

The opportunity

With the state-level wins we scored in 2018, we have new leverage for states to stop Trump’s agenda, turn back the Republicans’ damage, and go on offense to advance bold progressive ideas and policies that’ll shape the progressive landscape in 2019, 2020, and beyond.

To save our democracy, we have to organize at the state level. Our federal work will continue, but taking our fight to the state level, we can:

Expand voting rights

Draw fair district lines

Protect communities under attack by the Trump administration

Demonstrate our bold, progressive vision for the future

What it’ll take

💪Mighty organizing support from our team. We’re doubling our organizing team (to the tune of 14 organizers, 3 training organizers, and 2 digital organizers) to provide critical support to strengthen statewide coalitions, coordinate actions, lead targeted online and in-person trainings on state advocacy tactics, and more.

💪Strategic policy guidance. We’ve hired 3 policy staff to help strategize full campaigns from start to finish, identify and track priority legislation, develop targeted policy resources to help Indivisibles take action, and organize strategy calls.

💪Innovative digital and communications support. We’re hiring 3 communications staffers to propel massive online engagement in the states, provide email and text recruitment for events, and amplify campaigns via the press.

💪Critical state and local legislation tracking tools. We’ll be using the best software available to provide important bill tracking and updates to groups carrying out state-level work on the ground.

Coming soon.... how we all can contribute