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Updated 8/10/2023
** The 2024 Presidential Race **
Donate to the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/du4biden
https://joebiden.com/donate-by-mail/
Presidential race outlook:
Biden is in for a tough race, but he has the edge in the early going. In order for Republicans to win back the White House, whether the nominee is Trump or Desantis or someone else, they will have to flip a lot of states that went for Biden in 2020.
Republicans will be particularly targeting these states that flipped from red to blue between 2016 and 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Nevada was also close in 2020, and will likely be a target as well. Trump won in Florida and North Carolina in 2020, but they were very close and therefore an opportunity for Biden to flip those states next election.
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Donate to competitive Senate races!
General Democratic Senatorial donation site (funds are divided among the various Democratic Senatorial candidates):
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/senateblue24
(These are the most competitive toss-up, lean D or R, or likely D or R, according to 270towin, followed by the name of the current incumbent):
https://www.270towin.com/2024-senate-election/
Arizona (Sinema-I)
Cook political: toss-up
Donate to Ruben Gallego (D):
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforgallego
Florida (Scott-R)
Cook political: likely R
Democratic challenger still to be determined
Donate to the Democratic Party of Florida:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/florida-democratic-party---state-account-1
Maine (King-I)
Cook political: solid D
Angus King caucuses with the Democrats.
Donate here:
https://anguskingformaine.nationbuilder.com/
Michigan (no incumbent; seat currently held by Democrat Debbie Stabenow)
Cook political: lean D
Democratic candidate still to be determined
Donate to the Democratic Party of Michigan:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/miblue24
Montana (Tester-D)
Cook political: lean D
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/rjt-soc-mar23?refcode=220328-important
Nevada (Rosen-D)
Cook political: lean D
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jacky-rosen-1
Ohio (Brown-D)
Cook political: toss-up
Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sherrod-brown-2
Pennsylvania (Casey-D)
Cook political: lean D
Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bob-casey-2
Texas (Cruz-R)
Cook political: likely R
Donate to Colin Allred (D):
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/colin-allred-for-senate-1
Virginia (Kaine-D)
Cook political: Solid D
Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tim-kaine-3
West Virginia (Manchin-D)
Cook political: toss-up
Joe Manchin is not very popular on DU, but there could be huge consequences if he loses the seat, and hes running in a VERY red state.
Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/joe-manchin-2
Wisconsin (Baldwin-D)
Cook political: lean D
Donate here:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tammy-baldwin-4
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🎗️ THESE are the races that will determine control of the House of Representatives! Please help! 🎗️
Note: I'll be continuously updating this list until Election Day, so please check this out frequently!
From October 15, 2024 onward, I wont be removing any entries from the list, only adding entries.
Contribute To Battleground Congressional Races!
Also, if you live in or near these districts, consider volunteering for the campaigns!
Competitive House Races, according to 538 and Cook Report toss-up or leans D or R.
House race ratings, according to Cook Report:
Dem toss-up
CO-08 Caraveo (538: toss-up)
Donation page: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/caraveo-for-congress-1?refcode=directory
MI-07 Open (Slotkin) (538: toss-up)
Michigan 7th District Democrats:
https://local.michigandems.com/bd/michigan-congressional-district-7/
NC-01 Davis (538 only: toss-up)
Donation page:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/don-davis-for-nc-1?refcode=directory
NC-06 Manning (538: toss-up)
Donation page:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kathy-manning-for-congress-1?refcode=directory
NC-13 Nickel (538: toss-up)
Donation page:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wiley-nickel-for-congress
NC-14 Jackson (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jeff-jackson-for-congress-1?refcode=directory
NM-02 Vasquez (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gabe-vasquez?refcode=directory
OH-01 Landsman (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/landsman-for-congress-1
OH-13 Sykes (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/emilia-sykes-for-congress-1
PA-07 Wild (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/susan-wild-for-congress-1?refcode=directory
PA-08 Cartwright (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/matt-cartwright-1
WA-03 Perez (538: toss-up)
Donation site:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/marie-perez-for-congress-1
GOP toss-up
AZ-01 Schweikert R (538: toss-up)
AZ-06 Ciscomani R (538: toss-up)
CA-13 Duarte R (538: toss-up)
CA-22 Valadao R (538 only: toss-up)
CA-27 Garcia R (538: toss-up)
CA-41 Calvert R
CO-03 Boebert R
IA-03 Nunn R (538 only: toss-up)
LA-05 Letlow R
NJ-07 Kean Jr. - R (538: toss-up)
NY-03 Santos R (538 only: toss-up)
NY-04 D'Esposito R (538: toss-up)
NY-17 Lawler R (538: toss-up)
NY-19 Molinaro R (538: toss-up)
NY-22 Williams R (538: toss-up)
OR-05 Chavez-DeRemer R (538: toss-up)
Donate to the expelled Tennessee legislators, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tn-leg-csm-tw?refcode=csm-tw2
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Other useful links, thanks to usonian, CrispyQ and others
Link to the DCCC ActBlue donation site, courtesy Thunderbeast:
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/dcccactblue?refcode=dccc.org_contrib_bar
Donate to the DNC to help Democrats win nationwide:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/legacy-donate-bfp
Want To Help Democrats Win But Can't Afford To Donate? Volunteer virtually or in person!
DUs Activist Headquarters:
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1011
Upcoming events within the Democratic Party:
https://events.democrats.org/
Activate America:
https://www.activateamerica.vote/
Swing Left:
https://swingleft.org/
Indivisible.org:
https://indivisible.org/
Progressive Turnout Project is the largest voter contact organization in the country, specifically dedicated to mobilizing the Democratic Party and defending democracy.
Our mission: rally Democrats to vote.
https://www.turnoutpac.org/
Heres an awesome idea on how to help drum up support for voting on Election Day, by Sky Jewels:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217078977
Post Roe/Dobbs activism ideas:
https://democraticunderground.com/100216884613
Fight for voting rights! (Civil Rights scorecard):
https://naacp.org/campaigns/civil-rights-scorecard
CrispyQs GOTV list (from 2022, but most of it is still valid):
https://democraticunderground.com/100216548509
Postcards to voters effort:
https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
Pennsylvania Democrats site:
https://www.padems.com/
Texas Democrats site:
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/
Virginia Democrats site:
https://vademocrats.org/
Georgia Democrats site:
https://www.georgiademocrat.org/take-action/
Florida Democrats site:
https://www.floridadems.org/get-involved/
Dont just complain, do something. Help GOTV! (courtesy CaptainTruth):
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216345614
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Use vote.gov to:
* Register to vote
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https://vote.gov/
Facebook Voting Information Center
https://www.facebook.com/votinginformationcenter/
Want to see what your ballot will look like? Sample ballot lookup (this also gives info on the candidates on your ballot):
https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
Get your Election Day countdown clock here (it counts down to the 2024 election):
https://www.270towin.com/2024-countdown-clock/
(Also courtesy CrispyQ):
See it yet?
Pressure by Mark Hamill and The Lincoln Democracy Institute (from 2022, but the issues havent changed one bit):
This man votes. How about YOU? (also from 2022, but again, the issues remain the same):
Democracy is not a spectator sport. VOTE!
(Thanks to aggiesal for their signature line)
Another cartoon, courtesy Hermit-The-Prog: