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Welcome to Washington, It’s More than House of Cards

Welcome to Washington, It’s More than House of Cards. Advocacy Training Session i. 2012 Election Demographics: Race & Gender. Obama ’ s share of the white vote shrank, but the overall number of white voters also shrank. Women: Obama 55% LGBT: Obama 76% African American: Obama 93%

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Welcome to Washington, It’s More than House of Cards

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  1. Welcome to Washington, It’s More than House of Cards Advocacy Training Session i

  2. 2012 Election Demographics: Race & Gender Obama’s share of the white vote shrank, but the overall number of white voters also shrank. Women: Obama 55% LGBT: Obama 76% African American: Obama 93% Hispanic: Obama 71% Asian: Obama 73% White: Romney 59%

  3. Young People Voted • 18-29 Obama 60% • 30-44 Obama 52% • 45-64 Romney 51% • 65+ Romney 56% Voters under age 30 were 19% of the electorate. 1% > 2008 Pew Research Center, Nov. 26, 2012

  4. Source: buzzfeed.com

  5. 2014 Midterm Elections Casualty list… 31 Retirements (25 House, 6 Senate) 13 House Members running for Senate 10 Resigned (or resigning)

  6. 2014 Mid-Term Elections Senate Prediction: Democrats: 48 ▪ Republicans: 48 Toss-Ups: 4 Courtesy of University of Virginia www.centerforpolitics.org/

  7. Not All Senate Classes Are Equal • 1/3 of Senate up for re-election every two years • 2014 “Class” = More D’s in R leaning states than in other “classes” • 6/11 Democrats from States that Obama won by less than 45% are on ballot this year …. Republicans must net 6 seats to win Senate! • These 6 states – AK, AR, LA, MT, SD, WV – 3.8% of U.S. Population!

  8. House of Representatives DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS House Prediction: Democrats: 193 ▪ Republicans: 230 ▪ Toss-Ups: 12 Current outlook: Republicans net 5-8 House seats

  9. Why Is this All Important?? FUNDING!!!

  10. Who Are YOUR Members of Congress? Who’s running for House/Senate? Connecting with local, state, national press. Who are your members of Congress? What legislation is CEC following? CEC’s Legislative Action Center ▪ http://www.capwiz.com/cek/home/

  11. CEC Congressional Scorecard TIP: Take this with you on your Congressional appointments!!

  12. Politicians: They’re People Too Rep. Gwen Moore

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