kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

Really interesting stuff going on with moms, dads, childless men, and childless women in the exit polls.

POST-ELECTION MASS CALL on Wednesday November 5th. Let's talk about our wins, losses, and what's next. The work doesn't end here. See you there: mobilize.us/workingfamilies/event/342586/?utm_source=social

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

Last night, we went to the USDA building to send a big message to Trump: Half isn't good enough—FULLY fund SNAP. Trump has the power to stop this but chooses politics over people. One in eight families rely on SNAP, and half funding means hunger. Don't starve families so you can play politics.

Sharing this again because when Way to Win surveyed people who voted for Biden in 2020 and did not vote at all in 2024, "too far to the left" wasn't their critique.

We've been doing research into activation (civil resistance beyond voting) for last 4 months - who is activated, activatable, barriers to it, inducements, etc. Key pre-condition for activism isn't mere disapproval. It's viewing current regime as break from standard right wing gov't. /1

for Takes about the Democratic Party, a new source of data: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

Have they looked at issue priorities among voters under age 40?

The asymmetrical media response to political violence in America is, in itself, one of the most important contributing factors to how we arrived at this place of escalating political violence.

This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"

Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income. It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions. If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.

I said this months ago but I really need a BLUE STATE COMPACT IMMEDIATELY. Bring together all health depts, all education depts, etc... under one umbrella. Collectivize guidance, ensure that disabled students get what they need, etc... An emergency meeting of all Blue State Governors is overdue.

NEW STUDY + POD: today we are releasing a comprehensive study of Biden '20 voters who were then not moved to vote in 2024. Lots of surprises in here! Start with our discussion with genius pollster @celindalake.bsky.social here -🧵 YT: youtu.be/rxl7JDtdqD8 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

What did we find in our survey for Way to Win among folks who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and sat out the 2024 election? They... 1. hold favorable view of Democrats 2. think inequality is at the heart of the country’s problems 3. think health care should be available to everyone who needs it

The point is to create a world in which the authoritarians can simultaneously inhabit a position of victim and abuser, creating an imagined threat of persecution and violence in order to persecute and carry out violence. This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.

Surprisingly few factions across the Democratic family have said this (so far!), so we are capturing the flag: We declare complete and total vindication of our strategy based on the release of Catalist’s definitive 2024 report. We kid! But a 🧵 tying it together with some of our recent research.

It’s casting desire for affordable household goods as both feminine and childish. Funny how they didn’t do that under Biden

For @waytowinus.bsky.social, we held some focus groups in swing states with 2020 Biden voters who skipped voting in 2024. They're deeply disappointed in the Democratic party and weren't even remotely persuaded to vote for Trump. Read more: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I know you aren't going to want to hear this but the reason the system can deport Mahmoud Khalil and send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador is that for years we've been executing factually innocent people like Marcellus Williams and sending legally innocent people to places like Riker's Island.

i'm not sure why i keep asking men to explain the stock market to me when they also have no idea what they're talking about

what a visual

Medicaid is a lifeline. It funds long-term care, pays care workers, & supports families. But Republicans in Congress want to gut it, risking jobs and leaving millions without support — all so billionaires can get even richer. nwlc.org/resource/med...

Let. The. Record. Show. The BLM uprising in 2020 mobilized people to the polls. You cannot beat your opposition by parroting your opposition.

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

Someone in one of our recent focus groups literally lamented this very thing. So bummed she couldn’t say the r-word anymore. Underneath this, they feel ashamed. They think of themselves as good people, and it feels bad to be told that something they said was hurtful.

like, i'm barely being glib saying that there's a non-trivial amt of people out there whose politics are loosely just 'i want to be able to say the r-word loudly in public like i used to'

Dem voters fear Dem leaders will not stand up to Trump. More from our post election findings.

“What starts here changes the world” has never sounded so dark

Before the election, we polled women voters in battleground states (AZ NV WI MI PA NC GA). A majority said that it is very important that an elected leader supports a national paid family and medical leave program (61% very important, 86% important).

Get ready for a huge gender gap. This election is up to the women www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fascinating survey findings on the state of kids and families. We found bipartisan agreement that the federal government spends too little on investments that benefit kids and youth. Read an executive summary of our latest research for Common Sense Media: www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...