Grassroots Campaigning 8/18/2026

Luke 4:18 (New International Version) (NIV)

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed…

Back when I coached baseball and basketball our motto was, "No matter if you win or lose as long as you have fun; it's just winning is a lot more fun than losing".

It's time the Republican Party begins to have some fun by winning, and with a little bit of work upfront, we can do just that. When we began a walking campaign, we stumbled onto one of the most effective ways to reach voters and get votes; by connecting with people personally and not with a television or advertising campaign.

We had a town that had voted Democrat for the previous 8 years and a State Representative candidate who was targeted as the easiest seat to change from Republican due to her novice status. Not only did she win it, but our town went Republican and has stayed that way.

In addition to her seat, we nearly switched the long time State Senate Leader with a woman who had never run for an office either. The incumbent was so terrified by our forest of signs and enthusiasm for our candidates he increased his usual $200K campaign to $1.1 million to retain his seat. We did all of that without any training or organization in any formal sense.

The Democrat Party threw everything from the unions and students to vicious ads as they targeted our town, and a group of amateurs was able to beat them with a system so simple yet so effective it has to be repeated throughout the state.

The one thing we didn't do, which needs to be done, is to go on offense. As a Conservative in one of the most liberal states and cities in the union you become used to being on defense. When Republican candidates are questioned on Conservative issues, they naturally take the defensive position and try to explain why they are not mean spirited. For example, when our candidate told us she was called Sarah Palin early in her campaign she was offended and began explaining why she wasn't Palin putting her on defense.

I told her rather than go on defense simply turn it around and give them 3 things she agrees with Sarah about and embrace them to turn their attack around. By the end of the campaign, they were calling her Mama Grizzly, and she took that term on and had fun with it disarming their attacks. The bottom line is most levelheaded, and independent people agree with Conservative values, which is why liberals try to be Conservative during the campaign. Rather than being ashamed of conservatism it is time to wear it as a badge to be loud and proud.

The media tend to paint every Conservative thought as wrong, and we need candidates who can either ignore the media or provide them with points they either must agree with, or at the very least ones which cannot be disagreed with without appearing foolish. When they painted the GOP as a Party which hates women, we needed someone who could say they care more about women who have families and are trying to strengthen those families.

We need to explain how abortion has damaged millions of women’s lives and we want to warn those women of those dangers. In the end the media needs to be ignored in most aspects of a campaign since they are simply activists for the Democrat Party.

In the end, the media has a known bias; they are often activists for Democrats and as such can be ignored. This does not mean they are irrelevant; they act as activists for Democrats and as such can be ignored. This does not mean they are irrelevant; they are somewhat relevant in that we know what they will say before they say it. We can plan for this by being prepared for it and rehearsing the delivery of our views in light of the pushback we already know we will get.

The key to this program is bringing God with you on the campaign and embracing Conservative Values while you change minds in five minutes on a person's porch – by having faith in your own beliefs.

You don't need to bring religion up, but when it is brought up, there is no point being embarrassed about your faith, it is what many of us have in common. Rather than copying the Democrats digital campaigning of lies and deception, we need to meet people where they live to change their minds and make sure they vote.

Pray for the election workers