How do we weigh short-term electoral wins vs. long-term power building?

The two are deeply interrelated. In many ways, this question presents a false choice. 

Short-term electoral wins are integral to long-term power building and transformational policy change. In fact, without short-term wins, we risk long-term power loss via gerrymandering, control of courts, and other right-wing structural interventions.

Bottom line: Ain’t no long term without the short term!

At the same time, if all we do is focus on short-term wins, we will never make the forward-looking investments necessary to expand the electoral map, expand progressive governance and end regressive governance at the state level, and build the holistic, bottom-up, multi-generational movement our country needs — not just for the years to come, but for the decades to come.

Sadly, too many Democratic players are not pairing their electoral work with a long-term vision or power-building strategy. The beauty of MVP is that we seek to do both wherever possible.