Every two months CUIP’s president, Jackie Salit, hosts a national conference call for new and veteran political activists. Two hundred independent leaders from as many as 40 states participate in each of these conference calls, making them the largest regular gathering of independent voters in the country.
Salit tackles questions about the presidential primaries, blowback by the parties to undermine grassroots electoral reform victories, the Democrat’s perceived dilemma, independents and the media and others sent in by independents around the country.
With the 2020 presidential contest underway, and Starbucks president Howard Schultz announcing that he “might” run as an independent, Jackie Salit discusses the current political terrain and responds to questions about Schultz, the spoiler argument, the candidates and independents’ new campaign, Eyes on 2020.
Jackie Salit responds to questions and provides post-election analysis of what happened, including an independent perspective on the significance of the independent vote for House candidates, and strategies for exerting our power in the runup to 2020.