This Democratic group is focused on a bolder plan to take down the whole GOP outside of Trump
This Democratic group is focused on a bolder plan to take down the whole GOP outside of Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/democratic-group-focused-bolder-plan-take-whole-gop-outside-trump/amp/
Matthew Chapman at the Raw Story
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According to The Atlantic, Future Now encompasses a political action fund, an advocacy group, and a set of model legislation that lawmakers can introduce.
In this way, it seeks to be the liberal answer to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative “bill mill” that many GOP state legislators use to crib policy on everything from immigration policy to energy deregulation.
The past decade saw Democrats lose hundreds of seats in state legislatures, with the GOP cementing a solid hold on legislative chambers in the South and in many critical swing states. That has had profound consequences on everything from abortion access to collective bargaining rights — and because Republican legislatures have tended to enact aggressive gerrymandering and voter suppression, it’s hard for voters to push back on these policies.
In the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats made substantial gains, winning full control of the state legislatures of Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and New York, as well as the state House of Minnesota, and gaining seats elsewhere. In the next few years, Democrats plan to make moves for more — and possibly change the whole topography of local government.
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