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Do you know who will win the election?

If you want to know who will win the presidential election on November 3rd, it will NOT be:

  • The candidate who is the best debater.
  • The candidate who raises the largest amount of money – although that helps.
  • The candidate who has the best ideas.
  • The candidate who has the best leadership skills.

The candidate who will win the election is the one who does the best job … of getting out the vote.

Let’s do the math. In 2016, according to the U.S. Elections Project, there were 251 million voting-age people in the U.S. Deduct 19 million from that number to account for those who are not allowed to vote (non-citizens living in the U.S., those in prison or on parole, and those who have a past felony conviction) and you are left with 232 million Americans who could have voted in the presidential election in 2016.

Now here is the amazing statistic. Only 132 million Americans made the decision to cast a ballot. That means 100 million Americans stayed home and passed on the most important decision that the country makes only once every four years.

Your decision on whether to vote or not and who to vote for will have an impact on how our nation deals with climate change or not, how we address a global crisis like Covid-19, whether or not we go to war, the future of our health care system, and who will pick up the phone at 2 a.m. and decide how to react to a nuclear crisis; just to name a few. Voting is a big deal and elections have consequences.

The candidate who does the best job of persuading supporters to get to the polls will win on November 3rd.

If you care about YOUR country and if you care who wins on November 3rd, I have some advice for YOU on how you can support your candidate:

  1. Vote. Vote by mail or show up in person. Whatever you do: Vote.
  2. Encourage your family and friends to vote.
  3. Advocate for a candidate. The Trump and Biden campaigns have spent a ridiculous $2.3 billion trying to convince you to vote for them. The most powerful form of advertising is word of mouth. You can make a difference.

Your vote counts and so do the votes of the people around you.

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