Today, I’m excited to announce the Finding Common Ground Project, which seeks to find and display at least a thousand answers to this question before Election Day:
+Today, I’m excited to announce the Finding Common Ground Project. Our mission is to gather and display at least a thousand answers to this question before Election Day:
'What is a political issue that you could find common ground on and why?'
-I created this project out of frustration with how much of American politics is focused on division rather than on finding constructive solutions.
-Now, I’m not naive as to why this happens, and I do want to note that disagreement is both necessary and welcome in a functioning democracy.
-However, I also believe that finding common ground is necessary for a functioning democracy.
-Finding common ground is something worth fighting for.
-I’ll be updating this page daily until Election Day with your answers, which you can send via email to findingcommonground24@gmail.com or by tagging our X (@commongrnd24) and Substack (findingcommonground24) accounts.
-If you want to learn more about the many sides of issues before contributing, Pew Research Center’s resources are a great place to start, and I truly hope you’ll contribute.
-A single response may not seem like much, but it’s how real political progress happens: one step at a time, over and over again, until our words become the foundation of a necessary common ground.
+I started this project out of frustration with how much of American politics focuses on division rather than constructive solutions.
+While I understand the reasons behind this, and I recognize that disagreement is essential in a democracy, I believe that finding common ground is every bit as important.
+Finding common ground is something worth fighting for, and that’s exactly what this project is about.
+I’ll be updating this page daily with your answers until Election Day. You can contribute by sending your response via email to findingcommonground24@gmail.com or by tagging our X (@commongrnd24) and Substack (Finding Common Ground) accounts.
+If you want to learn more about the many sides of issues before contributing, Pew Research Center’s resources are a great place to start. I sincerely hope you’ll contribute.
+A single response may not seem like much, but it’s how real political progress happens—one step at a time, until our words become the foundation of necessary common ground.
Thank you, and let’s get to work!