that i have seen. that is quoted in our next guest, ezra klein s, brilliant new article about what real political engagement requires. it requires direct support of candidates through contributions or knocking on doors. it requires voting and helping others vote. and it requires running for office and understanding that no elected office is unimportant. ezra klein reports on ben wickler, chair of the democratic party, spends his days obsessing over mayoral races in towns because those clerks decide whether to pull the drop boxes for hail-in ballots and small changes to electoral administration could be the difference between winning senator ron johnson s seat in 2022 and losing the race and the senate. wickler ads, if you want to fight for the future of american
fight for the future of american democracy you shouldn t spend all day talking about the future of amar in democracy. these local races that determine the mechanics of american democracy. these races get zero national attention. they hardly get local attention. turnout is often lower than 20%. that means people who actually engage have a superpower. you, as a single dedicated volunteer, might be able to call a knock on the doors of enough voters to win a local election. amanda lippman the cofounder of run for something told is recline, democratic major donors like to fund the flashy things. presidential races, senate races, super pacs and tv ads. amy mcgrath can raise $90 million to run against mitch mcconnell in a doomed race, but the number of city council and school board candidates in kentucky who can raise what they need is. she trailed often frustration. gabriela kelly discovered that
governor evers was elected with a 1.1 percentage point margin. that s two or three voters per precinct in our state. if you look at deeper wisconsin, smaller city, kelly rue is one of the fraudulent electors. she s on the city council into pierre. she was just subpoenaed by the january six committee and she is running for reelection. running against her as a candidate who is actually a poll worker who believes in free and fair and secure elections. so these races could shape, you, know whether voters are turned away, whether if someone has an error on their absentee ballot, they get a phone call about it so they can fix it. that can shape statewide outcomes and statewide outcomes can shape national outcomes in 2024. if we want to stop the coup in 24, we have to obsess over local elections right now. i want to underscore this point because you are saying this cause ezra klein to write not bad for the new york times in which he sided, you if you want to fight for the future of americ
our governor s race in 2018, governor evers was elected with a 1. 1 percentage point margin. that s two or three voters per precinct in our state. if you look at deeper wisconsin, smaller city, kelly rue is one of the fraudulent electors. she s on the city council into pierre. she was just subpoenaed by the january six committee and she is running for reelection. running against her as a candidate who is actually a poll worker who believes in free and fair and secure elections. so these races could shape, you, know whether voters are turned away, whether if someone has an error on their absentee ballot, they get a phone call about it so they can fix it. that can shape statewide outcomes and statewide outcomes can shape national outcomes in 2024. if we want to stop the coup in 24, we have to obsess over local elections right now. i want to underscore this point because you are saying this cause ezra klein to write not bad for the new york times in which he sided, you if you want to
precinct in the state. if you look at a smaller city, kelly rue is one of the electors, she was just subpoenaed by the january 6th committee and she s running for re-election. running against her is a candidate is a poll worker who believes in free and fair elections. so these races could shape whether voters are turned away. whether someone has an error on their absentee ballot, they get a phone call to fix it. state wide outcomes in wisconsin can shape outcomes in 2024. we want to stop the coup in. 2024. i want to underscore this point. you re saying this, in the new york times you were cited saying if you want to fight for the future of american democracy, you shouldn t spend all day talking about the future of democracy, these local races that determine the mechanics of american democracy are the