Celebrations are in order. Over 140,000 people voted Green, vote for Cynthia McKinney, voted for Rosa Clemente, vote for Peace, Justice, Democracy and Sustainability. It was a high turn out this year, nearly 60% of eligible voters turned out, excited by Obama's rhetoric and the corporate medias advertisement of his hollow promises as if he were another product to sell. Progressives excited by Nader's campaign turned out the polls. Many, many people voted, for many different reasons, however over 140,000 voters decided to continue to build the Green Party electoral movement. All these people voted, not for a symbolic reason, not to make a statement but to build a movement. So where is this movement that they want to see or be a part of? What is next for the Party? How can they support this?
Many lessons were learned through this campaign and throughout the steady building of the Green Party. Here are a few:
- We need a better website and better communications
- We need increase the non-election year work
- We need to better publicize and record all the work that takes place
- We need to better our multimedia and print materials (brochures, videos, flyers)
- We need clearer, more succint, positive, proactive and more accesible messages
- We need an strong infrastruture of local chapters, state chapters, and national networks
- We need to use the internet more (youtube, myspace, facebook, blogs, wikis, polls, nings)
- We need more people to run for offices so people have options whenvoting
To do all this we need more people and more funds to pay for the time and materials that go into this work. And just think if everyone who voted this year for McKinney/Clemente donated only $1, we would have nearly $150,000 to carry out these goals and do what is neccesary.
But where do you wanna see your money go most?
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