I make calls to states where Republicans run. What else do you suggest we do.?

@Saigon2o Activism in places where Republicans run is a good start - both the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races have proven that it can make a meaningful difference, even where we may think there is no hope. The thing to do in both of those states now, as well as elsewhere, is not stop.

What else can be done?

Where don't Republicans run? How can we encourage them to run in those areas?

Where do bad Republicans run (whether they win or not)? How can we get them primaried by better candidates, then support the better candidates to win the elections?

We need conservatives to vote in every single election they are eligible to vote in at all levels of government, in all branches of government, for every single electable role, etc. This is important because even some of the lowest roles people are elected to have powers that allow them to put at least somewhat of a check on the power of others elsewhere in government.

Getting and supporting good candidates is probably less than half the battle. Changing the political opinions of the voters is where the real fight is, and in this political climate, that largely means educating them. What that looks like is consistently and convincingly engaging with and informing voters who aren't already voting red. That means consistently going outside our comfortable echo chambers and engaging constructively with people who, for whatever reason, don't currently think the way we do. It needs to be consistent because voters can be forgetful if they are not consistently reminded, and because the left will fight tooth and nail to retain and recover their voters. In order to do this effectively, we need to understand exactly what they believe and why, which can mean going through a sometimes painful process of consuming their media and literature, and trying to understand their point of view and their deepest core values. It also means conversing with them directly for the same purpose. Once their deepest core values are understood, there can be a dialogue around what political positions and candidates ultimately align best with those values.

One thing I have been doing lately is commenting on leftward-biased articles on mainstream websites and engaging in dialogue with people in those comment sections. One such person recently commented to me that, while I was polite and congenial in that particular discussion, it was unlikely that I was going to come around to agreeing with them, and so they wondered whether there was any point in continuing the discussion. I replied by pointing out the fact that probably neither of us were going to change our opinions, but that others whose minds are not so firmly made up might benefit from reading the thread. It is not always a matter of convincing the person you are directly engaged in dialogue with. Sometimes it is the observers on the sidelines who might be convinced, and we may never know we were involved in convincing someone in that way, but it may be one of the most effective methods of changing minds. Of course, in order for that approach to be successful, we need to use it in a way that faces the unfortunate reality of terms of service and community guidelines and their enforcers, that may be less than sympathetic to our opinions. Thus far, I have quite a decent track record in having my comments stay up.

@DaveO276 Lots of beneficial information you gave. I truly believe that just because I’m, at the sake of being redundant, passionate about my values. I feel the pain this country is going through. Ppl believe me to be some sort of flame thrower? Therefore my posts don’t stay? So be it. But I don’t mean to do that at all. I just think we should not leave any stone unturned, and question authority.
No totalitarian government works for the benefit of the Ppl.

I don’t believe and I don’t think that my writing is inflammatory. Why my posts disappear? I don’t really know.
Your advice.?

@Saigon2o I don't use mainstream social media - other than Youtube, so if those are the sites you are referring to, I don't have personal experience with them specifically, and I am not aware of Youtube ever having removed any of my comments. My main experience is with the comments section of news media sites. I can give some tips that apply to that, and some of those may work for social media as well, but I don't know that from personal experience.

Many news media comments sections use AI that automatically removes comments that contain certain key words and phrases. Avoid words that can be used as personal insults, like idiot, moron, or fool - definitely avoid anything stronger than those. If I am aware that my comment has been removed (which does happen to me sometimes) and I haven't used those words, I look for words like "you" and "your". Those also commonly trigger the algorithms that are supposedly aimed at filtering out personal attacks. Try to stick to using first and third person language as much as possible on mainstream sites to minimize removal of your comments. I find that is also a good tip for debating in person, when you are actually trying to be civil.

Next, I look for words that are known to be highly politically charged, like Nazi, and sometimes even communist - even if I have used them properly and literally to refer to the historical Nazi party or actual communists or communist regimes. I try to get my point across without using these words at all. If you watch conservative commentators on Youtube, think of the kinds of words they avoid, and try to get your point across as much as possible without those words.

Sometimes, it's just not possible to say what you want to say and have it stay up. I once had a comment deleted that literally just quoted Padme from Star Wars about liberty dying to thunderous applause. I'm guessing it triggered an algorithm that was supposed to filter out glorification of violence, or something like that. I left a comment letting people know I had been censored for quoting Padme about liberty. That one stayed up, so hopefully my point was understood.

Ultimately, it takes persistence and practice to really get a feel for what you can say, and how you can say it without having the comment taken down.