Neighborhood Organizing WINS Elections

Simply stated, Neighborhood Organizing consists of identifying like-minded neighbors in your neighborhood and making sure they vote in elections. By pursuing this civic responsibility, citizens will put government back in the hands of the people, one neighborhood at a time.

Neighborhood Organizing consists of engaging your neighbors in a focused manner with door-to-door canvassing, volunteer phone calls, and neighborhood meetings. Historical and statistical evidence show that these actions will increase your like-minded neighbors’ political clout and win elections.

“Tea Party” rallies are like pep rallies prior to sporting events. They are great for building excitement, but they do not win games. The actual game in politics is Getting-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) to win elections and this is accomplished with Neighborhood Organizing. It requires informed, passionate volunteers and it can be pursued without needing money. Consequently, the millions of informed, passionate volunteers associated with the “Tea Party” movement are well-equipped to play this “game” through Neighborhood Organizing.     

Neighborhood Organizing has the strongest statistical correlation with Getting-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) and winning elections according to Get Out The Vote, Second Edition: How to Increase Voter Turnout , which was written by two Yale Professors, Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber, and published in 2008. These findings are further corroborated by Robert A. Heinlein, who wrote Take Back Your Government in 1946, based on his own experience in politics. He states: “Remember at all times …the votes are in the precincts. … Club meetings are primarily to arouse and hold together your volunteers …Rallies are for morale building primarily and secondarily for publicity. …It isn't hard to get adherents to your cause. …Volunteer campaigns should not cost much… Elections are not won with dollars.”  Net, Neighborhood Organizing methods worked in 1946 and are still relevant today! You can use our website to learn all about Neighborhood Organizing best practices.

Neighborhood Organizing was successfully used by Democrats in 2008 to gain control of the House, Senate, and Presidency with only 20% of the population being liberal. Just think what can be accomplished by engaging and mobilizing the 76% of voters who consider themselves conservatives or moderates and who have decided to be the “Silent Majority” no more!

Neighborhood Organizing is Gaining Momentum

We continue to be motivated by the many individuals and patriot organizations around the country who have come to the realization that Neighborhood Organizing is required to win elections this November and beyond.  

As we travel the country, we give presentations to regional and state leaders about Neighborhood Organizing, Candidate Nights, and Voter Guides in an effort to get them started. In conjunction with UNITE IN ACTION, our next major out-of-state presentations will be in Washington DC on September 9 and 10, 2010 as part of the four day 9/12 TAXPAYER MARCH ON WASHINGTON – 2010 events. We previously gave presentations to the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN on February 6, 2010  which was streamed live on C-SPAN and PJTV. We also gave presentations in Orlando, Florida to the Florida Leadership Summit, consisting of about eighty patriot organization leaders from throughout the State of Florida. While in Orlando, Peter Wolf was interviewed by free-lance reporter, John Sipos, who has his own radio talk show in the Florida market.

Obviously, we can’t be everywhere. That is why, on our homepage, we make available free downloads of our presentations and backup material, and provide video of our prior presentations. Clearly, we are trying to enable the many state and regional leaders with this material so they can provide the training themselves. The success of this approach is evident in Utah’s caucus results, in which an incumbent representative was voted out of office in favor of the more conservative contenders. Warren Edstrom had been working with Utah leadership to teach them Neighborhood Organizing methodologies since September of last year. We are also aware, through discussions with leaders in Ohio, Iowa, California, and Oregon, that they are using our website content to train patriot organizations across their states.