38 Degrees: Election 2019

Some people with powerful voices in politics are behaving badly. They’re threatening violence, using racist language, and exploiting our divisions. It looks like things are already getting worse in this election.

In a recent poll of over 50,000 38 Degrees members, over 98% of us said that we think the language and behaviour of powerful people in politics is getting worse. [1] This matters. When powerful people say hateful, violent, and racist things, it can make our politics toxic, and lead to more of us feeling shut out than ever before. With violence and hate crime on the rise, our political leaders need to show a better example.

This election, 38 Degrees members are working together to turn the tide on this kind of toxic politics and break down the barriers to more of us getting involved. We’re running a campaign focusing on two fronts: 

Together we’re launching a massive effort to get more people from under-represented groups voting in this election.

• • 38 Degrees members are fundraising for an ambitious online tool to help people to register and vote. 
  • We’re launching a huge digital advertising campaign to promote the tool and get as many people from under-represented groups to register and turn out to vote. 
  • We’re fundraising for grants to give to organisations who are already working, with incredible efforts, to reach communities on the ground to register and turn out to vote.

We’re working together to show that the public want a better kind of politics – and are calling on those with power to deliver it.

• We’ve already called upon political party bosses to implement a tougher process for selecting candidates 
• We’ve sent an open letter to all candidates running in this election to agree to sign up to stopping this toxic approach to politics.
  

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[1] In a poll of 50,887 38 Degrees members, 50,085 said that politics is getting worse. (Click image to enlarge)