Week 7, Post 2: Scheduled Posts after the California Primary Elections

In the wake of the March 3, 2020 California presidential primary election, I scheduled four posts for the near future that relate these election results. The first is a share of a post by an allied group, Yes California that uses an info-graphic from the Washington Post. The other three are based on infographics and website posts that must be created by me before they can be published. This is why the current scheduled date is the end of the month.

   

Each of these posts is aimed at a particular audience, with the goal of not only increasing support for California independence, but making California independence seem like a more immediate contingency as early as 2021.

1. Washington Post info-graphic comparing exit polls in California to exit poll results across all states and territories that held primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday.

This graphic, which includes California in the "USA" total, -- i.e., with CA "double-counted" -- shows the stark difference in opinion between California voters and Democratic voters in the United States overall. In other words, the reason why Sanders won a majority of votes in nearly every California county, while Biden cleaned-up in most of the other Super Tuesday states is that Californians hold values that are much more progressive, overall, than citizens of most other USA states. This difference is sharp enough as to raise the question of whether California -- the most populous and economically-productive state of all the USA states -- should remain part of the USA when the opinions of Californians are given such little regard.

2. Support for Calexit among Californians under age 40 is as great as support for Bernie Sanders! (INFOGRAPHIC)

This info-graphic will show two pie charts: One that shows the percentage of Californians between ages 18 and 40 that voted for Sanders in the California primary, and compare it to the percentage of the same group that expressed either support or indecision for California independence in the most recent poll, which was 2017, before Trump was inaugurated. The two numbers are almost equal. Those voters are the primary audience for this info-graphic, and the overall goal will be to persuade California citizens that want the kind of policies that Sanders promises -- despite the power of corporations and the wealthy over the USA government, and the tendency of Trump-appointed federal judges to follow political biases and not legal precedent -- to at least start considering  California independence seriously, especially if Trump and McConnell are not removed from power in the 2020 elections.  

3. For Democratic Party Unity, promote California independence. (LINK TO WEBSITE POST)

Support for California independence among liberals, progressives, socialists, and moderates depends on what Donald Trump and his Republican allies do. For example, after the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted to not hear any witnesses in the Trump impeachment hearings on January 31, 2020, expressions of support California independence jumped sharply on Twitter and Facebook. Consequently, if Trump and the Republicans are not defeated decisively in November 2020, voters in California may react so strongly that independence is inevitable. This, at the least, could be used by USA Democratic Party leaders -- e.g., Donna Brazille, James Carville, and Tom Perez -- to help motivate voters to vote against Trump and the Republicans: Do it or ELSE the USA will end, with California taking the lead. This argument would certainly help make California independence appear more likely and feasible.  

4. CALM-PAC formed to organize 9 million California independence supporters. (LINK TO WEBSITE)

This is the introductory post that will explain what CALM-PAC is, why it was formed, who is in charge of it, etc. Normally this would be the first post, but so much is happening that it is Priority 4. Marcus my colleague at Yes California thinks that announcing the formation of this PAC will generate immediate attention, by demonstrating that this movement is a serious campaign with serious people working on it.  

In conclusion, these four posts are aimed at influencing the discourses of multiple disparate groups: California independence advocates, California citizens as a whole, Bernie Sanders supporters, USA Democratic Party leaders and liberal opinion leaders. Each post is written for one or more of these groups, and they help argue that supporting or at least mentioning the California independence movement will help them achieve their goals.