How do we train our volunteers to not be weird with voters? We run them through our training series (Jessica talks about our 103 Training here), and we focus on community building and relationships! Join our next training here: https://commonpower.org/training

Common Powers Executive Director, Charles Douglass and Fieldwork, Sr. Program Manager, Binh Truong kick off the new season of the With CP Podcast. We analyze the state of democracy from our perspective as 2 civic leaders facilitating canvassing, civic education, and community-building nationwide! Learn more at commonpower.org You can find this podcast on all major podcast platforms and through video on YouTube.

A CP conversation with a Wisconsin strategist who is focusing on “low-information” voters, a crucial set of the electorate that will be crucial in the 2024 elections. Trump reaches them effectively, but they are open to persuadable messages. In our Wisconsin work, Common Power is considering an innovative approach that combines messages + door-knocking. We’re looking at all potential avenues to win!

All signs, both private and public indicate that President Joe Biden will step down as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in the next few days. It is not a done deal, but the evidence is overwhelmingly pointing this way.

What do Douglas and Domke think, and how is CP preparing? We appreciate and respect POTUS, and at the same time, we’re excited for this shift. Here comes VP Harris!

Today is the 4th anniversary of the death of great civil rights leaders John Lewis and CT Vivian. They changed the world through their nonviolent protests and actions in the 1950s and 1960s. Today at Common Power, we seek the Congressional passage of 4 voting rights acts that honor and build upon the work and legacy of Lewis and Vivian. How we can get it done.

Democrats running for the US House are circulating and signing a letter today demanding that the Democratic National Committee not force a nomination of Joe Biden prior to the party’s convention in late August. Who’s signing this letter? Front-line Democrats, are defined as people running in the most competitive US House districts. What do Douglas and Domke think and this, and what is CP’s approach on this vital debate?

WHO THE HELL IS JD VANCE AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? Charles and David unpack Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential selection of Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance. What’s it mean? In a nutshell, it shows definitively that Republican Trumpism will carry past the 2024 election. In part 2 of this episode, Charles provides an update on CP’s procedures for fieldwork in the post-Trump shooting environment.

MICHIGAN FOR ALL THE MARBLES. Charles and several of our fieldwork leaders are in Michigan for two days for a national strategic summit focused on meeting with Asian American and Muslim-American voters. CP has been committed to the Wolverine State since 2018, with a strong record of success. Here's our thinking today.