A Strategy for Factory Towns
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hard times, effective right-wing messaging, the demise of local news, and sometimes the Democratic Party itself have...
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AFV Administrator
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
Press Release: New Poll Shows Bipartisan Swing Vote Support for Regulating Big Tech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022 Contact: Lauren Windsor lauren@americanfamilyvoices.org (213) 595-8011 Swing State...
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Mike Lux
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
The Working-Class Heroes Tour
There’s been a lot of discussion about why working-class voters, especially those outside of big cities and big city suburbs, moved...
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Mike Lux
- Jun 6, 2022
- 10 min
Winning Back The Factory Towns That Made Trumpism Possible
Executive Summary The seismic shift that transformed American politics between the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and the troubled...
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Mike Lux
- Apr 25, 2022
- 10 min
Feel Like a Number
There is a great old Bob Seger song called Feel Like A Number that talks about a working-class guy whose employer -- and society --...
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Mike Lux
- Feb 25, 2022
- 9 min
The Factory Town Poll
After the 2020 election, which Joe Biden narrowly won in part by taking those three critical states in the Rust Belt that Hillary Clinton...
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AFV Administrator
- Feb 10, 2022
- 1 min
Press Release: AFV Calls for Discipline of Rep. Matt Gaetz
For Immediate Release February 10, 2022 Contact: Ian Golden ian@americanfamilyvoices.org (202) 393-4352 American Family Voices Calls on...
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AFV Administrator
- Feb 4, 2022
- 12 min
Why Democrats Can Win in 2022, and How We Will Do It
Authored by Mike Lux & Celinda Lake [Article originally appeared at Mike Lux Media] Between the last half of 2021 being a little rocky...
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AFV Administrator
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Democrats' Rural Problem
Our president and founder, Mike Lux, discusses how Democrats' can make a greater impact in rural America on a panel hosted by The...
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AFV Administrator
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
IF BIDEN REAPPOINTS JEROME POWELL, HE WILL HAND CONTROL OF HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA TO TRUMP APPOINTEE
If Biden reappoints Jerome Powell as Fed Chair (until 2026), the result will be four Trump, one Obama, and two Biden appointees on the...
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AFV Administrator
- Sep 7, 2021
- 8 min
The Case Against Jay Powell’s Renomination as Chairman of the Federal Reserve
1. Fed Chair will be the most important nomination President Biden will make other than the Supreme Court. The Fed is, in many ways,...
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AFV Administrator
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Is James O’Keefe a COVID Super Spreader?
AFV notifies NY Health Authorities of O’Keefe’s Failure to Quarantine (Washington, D.C.) According to the attached pictures from his own...
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AFV Administrator
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
Press Release: Senators + Advocates Demand Worker Benefits in Coronavirus Bailout
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: Friday, March 20, 2020 Contact: Lauren Windsor lauren@americanfamilyvoices.org Public Interest Groups Urge...
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AFV Administrator
- Mar 20, 2020
- 4 min
Coronavirus Bailout Memo to Congress
Memorandum To: Members of the House and Senate Economic Bail Out Packages Must Benefit Workers, Consumers, and Taxpayers – Not...
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AFV Administrator
- May 30, 2019
- 4 min
The Things Everyone Should Know About Electability
“Electability” is the hottest word of the moment, on every Democrat’s mind for sure. Our sprawling, unwieldy, feisty, hyper-diverse...
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AFV Administrator
- May 20, 2019
- 4 min
Democrats, Stop Failing at Economics 101
Voters don’t like Donald Trump very much: his approval rating has never been higher than 45%; it’s generally stuck in the low 40s; and...
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AFV Administrator
- Mar 27, 2019
- 3 min
Mueller Was Never Going to Save Us: Democrats Need to Get Back to Basics
So much hype, to so little effect. DC’s reaction to Attorney General Bob Barr’s doctored summary of the Mueller report is annoyingly...
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Mike Lux
- Mar 22, 2019
- 5 min
What It Takes to Win a Landslide
I made a trip to Iowa last week to speak at the Iowa Building Trades Council meeting and see old friends. It’s always fascinating to go...
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Lauren Windsor
- Jul 23, 2018
- 4 min
Polishing Turds at Third Way
A few weeks ago, I debunked the spin out from CNBC that Sen. Mark Warner is being pressured by major Democratic donors to run for...
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Lauren Windsor
- Jul 16, 2018
- 3 min
Heitkamp and Manchin Have Their Fingers on the Trigger
Vulnerable red-state centrists Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND), and Joe Manchin (WV) are key Democratic votes in the impending...
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