Operation DINO - 2018

Minuteman · Jul 30, 2016

Stumbled upon this educational video discussing gerrymandering in its proper political-science perspective:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/gerrymandering-definition-history-types-examples.html

It uses an excellent example of how bad one district in North Carolina is also gerrymandered. You can watch the first couple minutes, but have to log in to watch all of it.

Minuteman · Aug 30, 2016

Once the Trump/Hitlery election is over, will be able to better focus on this 2018 election cycle.

Frostburg · Sep 13, 2016

This is brilliant!! It's like being undercover, like a spy or a sabateur!!

The only hope in Maryland is to change the Democrat Party from within, as it is way too strong and will resist any power from the Republican Party.

Why don't more people know about this?? I only found out by looking at this
thread. You guys should get a LOT more people involved.

I totally would, but I live in Western Maryland, Allegany County. It's an entirely red enclave. We're practically our own separate state, lol.

llkoolkeg · Sep 13, 2016

I was SOOO tempted to burn my Democratic Voter Registration Card in Frosh, Raskin and Van Hollen's faces last weekend. :mad54:

ToolAA · Sep 14, 2016

Minuteman said:
Once the Trump/Hitlery election is over, will be able to better focus on this 2018 election cycle.

I accidentally stumbled onto this discussion last night and I've just finished reading the entire thread. I've always felt that my R votes were mostly wasted but I've still voted in every election. Im in the 7th congressional district while not as convoluted as the 3rd its statistically just as bad for any would be republican challenger. At least our MGA/senate district 9 is currently blue.

I wish I would have discovered this earlier.

I already called my best friend this morning and explained DiNO and he's agreed to research a bit more on his own.

I joined MSI at last weeks show.

So how else can I help?

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Minuteman · Sep 15, 2016

ToolAA said:
I accidentally stumbled onto this discussion last night and I've just finished reading the entire thread. I've always felt that my R votes were mostly wasted but I've still voted in every election. Im in the 7th congressional district while not as convoluted as the 3rd its statistically just as bad for any would be republican challenger. At least our MGA/senate district 9 is currently blue.

I wish I would have discovered this earlier.

I already called my best friend this morning and explained DiNO and he's agreed to research a bit more on his own.

I joined MSI at last weeks show.

So how else can I help?

Thanks to you all, and the so many others that have already made the move.

This is a very real strategy that has been going on for many years, it is most effective in states (districts) where there is a political crisis and overwhelming majority like we have now in much of Maryland.

What we need to do:

Get the word out. So many People just don't know how the system works, and they can do something more than complaining. A lot of folks are learning about this through MDShooters, bump this thread (post in this thread) ~weekly; and mention the power of being a DiNO, where appropriate in other threads, at work, in church, school, at the post office, to your friends while watching football, every time someone complains about how screwed up politics is in Maryland.

Do research. The number #1 question I get from people who 'get it' is... 'who do I vote for in the Democrat Primary?' We need to figure out district by district where it will matter most.

Campaign. Once we have a map, a more detailed plan, we work together across a wide spectrum (including social groups, political parties, gun clubs, etc) to mobilize a real campaign. A campaign AGAINST specific career politicians, to get them OUT!

We should connect.

BeoBill · Sep 16, 2016

PSA - You Can Switch Back Now

Just as an FYI to those who switched but feel discomfort/heartburn - you can now switch back to R because the elections are non-partisan. :innocent0

Minuteman · Sep 16, 2016

BeoBill said:
Just as an FYI to those who switched but feel discomfort/heartburn - you can now switch back to R because the elections are non-partisan.

Ha! Good one, and very true!

Be sure to switch back before the 2018 election, if you want to vote against the worst of them in the Democrat Primary - the only vote that will really matter to most Marylanders.

TheGunnyRet · Sep 19, 2016

I like the Strategy, of which I now understand better it is a "Parasitoid" Project.

"an insect (Republican) and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect (Democrat) which it eventually kills and that is free-living (Marylander) as an adult."

Minuteman · Sep 19, 2016

TheGunnyRet said:
I like the Strategy, of which I now understand better it is a "Parasitoid" Project.

"an insect (Republican) and especially a wasp that completes its larval development within the body of another insect (Democrat) which it eventually kills and that is free-living (Marylander) as an adult."

Never thought of it that way, but hells yes!

We are taking Maryland back by using their political weapons against them.

adit · Sep 28, 2016

say what? Search screwed the pooch on this post.

Minuteman · Sep 28, 2016

adit said:
say what? Search screwed the pooch on this post.

The Search feature on MDS doesn't work every well, try Google.

Type this exactly into the Google search field:

site:www.mdshooters.com DINO

Minuteman · Sep 29, 2016

Dr. Plaster (R) is a wonderful conservative running for Congress against the career politician Sarbanes (D), he needs our help.

He has a really good chance to win this:

Jump ahead to 3minutes to see the part about gerrymandering.

K31 · Sep 30, 2016

The assholes who thought up that district should be designing golf courses because that's the only thing it resembles.

Minuteman · Nov 9, 2016

Today is the day after the 2016 Presidential election.

For many of us, this election turned out good for the top ticket; but could have been much better here in Maryland.

The good news is that the 2018 election will not be a Presidential election year, so only a small fraction of those that voted this year will vote in 2018. Even better news is that an even smaller fraction of those that will show up for the General election, will show up during the Democrat Only Primary election.

So... only us 'registered' Democrats can vote in the Democrat Primary election. This means in many districts as few as a couple thousand people (*registered Democrats) can make a HUGE difference. This will be an all or nothing year for Maryland politics. In some cases if only half of the registered Republicans switched to Democrat and voted in the Democrat Primary, together we could knock out one or more of the worst career Democrat politicians that have been wrecking this state for generations.

https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_Maryland,_2016

Minuteman · Nov 9, 2016

2012:

2016:
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president

Highlight the counties in Maryland. If you live in one that is 'blue', it would most likely be to your advantage to change your party affiliation and make it your mission to vote in 2018 during the Democrat Primary against the incumbent Democrat. During the General election, you can still vote for the Republican if you want.

Minuteman · Nov 9, 2016

This map might be the most telling of all.

Look how the country shifted from 2012 to 2016, county by county. Utah swinging to the left, and huge portions of America shifting right (or at least voting Republican (for Trump)):

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president

Minuteman · Nov 9, 2016

Look how close Maryland has been, we need and together can break this ugly cycle of one party, strangle hold on Maryland.

Minuteman · Nov 9, 2016

If you live in a blue county, you can seriously affect the next election by changing to the Democrat party and voting in their Primary election. The darker the blue, the greater difference you can make.

Bob A · Nov 9, 2016

Minuteman said:
If you live in a blue county, you can seriously affect the next election by changing to the Democrat party and voting in their Primary election. The darker the blue, the greater difference you can make.

I'd like to believe that, but in the 2016 primary, half the registered Dems (of which I was a proud DINO) turned out to vote. That was about 189000 voters, out of 369000 eligible Democrats. The county has in excess of 690000 eligible voters, of whom 121000 are Republicans. That leaves about 200000 independent/other voters.

PG has a bit over 500000 voters, of whom about 440000 are Dem, and 43000 are Rep. However, the good news is that less than 38% of the registered Dems turned out to vote. More room for leverage there, looks like.

Monkey County is problematic, as there are so many politics junkies living there.

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