{"id":43079,"date":"2025-08-05T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43079"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:54:41","slug":"saikat-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/saikat-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Saikat Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12.png 500w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-300x116.png 300w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-150x58.png 150w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-12-250x97.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Let\u2019s keep up the momentum!500+ people showing up for our office opening party \u2014 almost a year before the primary \u2014 sent a shockwave through the San Francisco political establishment. (Didn\u2019t make it? Check out the video below!)<em><strong>Let\u2019s follow that with hundreds showing up to knock doors this Saturday!<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/saikat.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6ed3ace2702e5b912b1693cee&amp;id=5d501ec1ff&amp;e=62d343e39c\">Sign up for a Saturday canvassing shift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard that Zohran\u2019s campaign knocked on more than one million doors, holding more than a quarter million conversations with voters \u2014 a crucial factor in his success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess what? On a per-voter basis, we need to do that TIMES FIVE. That\u2019s because voter turnout is so much higher in San Francisco primaries than in New York. The good news: We\u2019ve got time! Ten months \u2018till the primary, and then another five until the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one ever said changing something as entrenched as our national Democratic Party leadership was going to be easy. But without you all it\u2019s impossible! If you want change, we\u2019re going to need at least a couple hours each month from&nbsp;<strong>all<\/strong>&nbsp;of you. (And we know some of you will jump in with even more!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"11 months before the primary and more than 500 people packed into our campaign HQ!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IHxCCL0lAs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s more good news: Canvassing in San Francisco is fun! As someone who\u2019s knocked doors on campaigns in at least two dozen cities, I can tell you that SF is the best. It\u2019s dense, a lot of people are home, and people are actually happy to greet you. I can honestly say, I\u2019ve never gotten a bad vibe on an SF door!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, when you come down to the office this Saturday \u2014 or any Saturday between now and the election \u2014 you\u2019re going to meet some really cool people, campaign staff, and, at least this Saturday, Saikat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I promise you: door knocking isn\u2019t a gimmick. It\u2019s not for show. We\u2019ve done our research, and we know that Saikat will win if we can do these two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Convince new voters (young people, recently registered, and recent citizens) to vote in the primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Tell \u201cautomatic\u201d Pelosi voters that there is a serious candidate on the ballot this cycle \u2014 with impressive experience in both Congress (as AOC\u2019s first Chief of Staff)&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;business (as the first product engineer at Stripe) \u2014 and that they don\u2019t need to give Nancy Pelosi a 41st and 42nd year in Congress just out of habit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve been on the doors for a few weeks already, and we\u2019ve found that tons of people are truly ready for change \u2014 and genuinely excited to hear about Saikat. Now we just need to scale up: canvassing, tabling at farmers markets, attending neighborhood fairs and festivals \u2014 being everywhere we can reach voters. If we do that, we will win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us this Saturday at 11:00AM, 800 Irving St! &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zack Exley<br>Campaign Manager<br>Saikat for Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS: Yes, our emails have a new look! We\u2019re sending from Mailchimp now and have given Substack the heave-ho. But the person signing the emails is still the one actually writing them. Promise! No consultants, no \u201cemail program\u201d, and definitely no AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s keep up the momentum!500+ people showing up for our office opening party \u2014 almost a year before the primary \u2014 sent a shockwave through the San Francisco political establishment. (Didn\u2019t make it? Check out the video below!)Let\u2019s follow that with hundreds showing up to knock doors this Saturday! 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