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February 24, 2022
WORLDS SAVED: 1
TOTAL VOTER TOUCHES TO DATE: 16,628,669
DAYS UNTIL 2022 MIDTERM ELECTION: 264
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THE VOTES THAT CAN SAVE THE FREE WORLD
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows exactly why every vote matters right here in America.
In the 2020 election, about 43,000 votes in Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia tipped the electoral college to Biden/Harris.
As tragic and painful as it is watching Russia invade Ukraine right now, imagine if Trump were president. A president who loved dictators, and treated Putin as his superior. A president who did all he could to weaken NATO. A president who wanted nothing more than to eliminate all sanctions on Russia. A president we impeached for trying to extort Ukraine’s leader.
President Biden has more foreign policy experience than any president in US history. He has strengthened NATO, strengthened the G7, rejoined the Paris Accords, rejoined the WHO, and restarted the Iran nuclear treaty negotiations. Under Biden, America has rejoined the community of nations as a respected leader.
And that is why when Putin invades a democracy like Ukraine, we can stand with NATO and most nations of the world as a strong, united front. We can impose punishing sanctions, and isolate Russia from the world economy. With Biden in the White House, we have the will and the skill to stand up to this brutal violence.
Let’s make sure these November 8 midterm elections (eight short months away) give Biden the Senate and House majorities he needs to keep leading!
How do we do that? By registering more Democrats to vote in swing states. Sign up for an event below! And donate to excellent organizations who can help out in Ukraine HERE.
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SUCH A TEASE!
Field Team 6 has a little something to show... numbers! Lots of amazing numbers!
When COVID hit in 2020, our entire existence as an organization was instantly put in jeopardy. But we don’t give up. And more importantly, neither do you.
We pivoted to digital voter registration – and with your fundraising help, bought our first list of eligible voters. It was a list of a college students. Then your help allowed us to buy a list of Black women nationwide, a list of the Latino community, a list of same-sex marriage supporters, and on and on… until we amassed a completely unique national database of over 16 million eligible voters who are likely Democrats in swing states.
No other organization has this database. It forms the basis for all our digital outreach, from texting to phone banking to postcarding and emailing.This December, we needed your help and you again came through for us. We raised the money to update our entire database by checking it against the most current voter rolls nationwide. This analysis took months, but we can now tell you with ironclad certainty…
The number of voters we helped register by the November 2020 election!
The number of voters we helped register by November of 2021!
And most important of all…
The number of voters we helped register who voted in 2020.
All this, and much more, will be revealed… in the Road to Victory Strategy Briefing on March 9. Sign up HERE!
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THE LINCOLN PROJECT – OUR NEW PARTNER
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ABE WOULD BE PROUD
Field Team 6 is proud to announce we're joining forces with The Union, a new initiative of the Lincoln Project dedicated to defending our Republic by building a pro-democracy coalition of dedicated Americans.
In the wake of January 6 and with Trump's continued stranglehold over the GOP, The Union believes it is urgent and critical to fight to save democracy – by electing Democrats in the 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential election. To this end, the Union plans to be a digital hub for the pro-democracy coalition, connecting people who want to volunteer with groups who need their help – like Field Team 6.
As the Lincoln Project puts it, "In this time of peril to our Republic, we call on all citizens to defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic and pledge to stand united, whatever our differences, to preserve our Union, our Republic and our Democracy."
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PENNSYLVANIA: REDISTRICTING BREAKDOWN
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THE KEYSTONE STATE IS KEY
The new maps have been ratified, confirming that Triple Word Score state Pennsylvania will be absolutely key in our fight to save our Senate majority, save our House majority, and win down-ballot in November. Hence: TRIPLE WORD SCORE!
To save the Senate majority, we must elect a Democrat to replace retiring Republican Pat Toomey. When it comes to saving our House majority, we need to re-elect Democrats Susan Wild (PA-07) and Matt Cartwright (PA-08), replace Conor Lamb (who’s running for Senate) with another Democrat (PA-17), and boot Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Trump lackey Scott Perry (PA-10).Down-ballot, we absolutely must elect a Democrat to replace term-limited Governor Tom Wolf (D).
The good news is that any Democrat we register anywhere in the state can help win the Senate and Governor’s race, and possibly a House race as well. Check out Volunteer Ops below to sign up for in-person voter drive training (on Zoom), phonebanking, and soon, postcarding and BYOP texting too – and let’s keep making Pennsylvania bluer, from the bottom to the top of the ballot!
[NOTE: though we are pushing for it as hard as we can, our data vendors have not yet added the new PA district data to the system. This means we cannot yet provide you with data on eligible voters in the new districts. However, we promise we will let you know the moment they do! Until then, please bear with us. Thank you so much for your patience.]
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9:
STRATEGY BRIEFING
The night of this briefing, we will be eight months out from the November 8th midterms. Can we save the Senate, the House, and the democracy itself? What we do every day between now and then will decide it.
We have a plan. We have updated metrics on our effectiveness. And as always, we have lots of fun, creative new ways to register new Democrats – the most important step we can take toward winning in November.
Trump’s Republicans are counting on apathy to fuel their victory. What they don’t see is this huge army of volunteers and donors who care more than they could possibly imagine… Who care enough to spend every available day and dollar reaching out to good-hearted people and adding their voices to the growing chorus of millions coming to the rescue of this democracy.
Join us at this Strategy Briefing, hear the plan, and get involved. Because if we stand and fight – if we turn our caring into action – and if we register the daylights out of Democrats in swing states and districts – we will win.
The Strategy Briefing is on Wednesday, March 9 at 5:30p PT – RSVP HERE!
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TODAY!!! — FEBRUARY 24:
BYOP TEXTING BOOTCAMP!
Get ready to BYOP – Bring Your Own Phone (*plan)! We're bootcamping this very afternoon… Thursday, February 24 at 4p PT. We’ll train you how to text from your computer, using your data plan. Once trained, you can do this on your own time, whenever you like!
We're texting Texas and Wisconsin… vital states in the battle to save democracy. Let's register Democratic voters who can elect Democrats up and down the ballot!
We've upgraded the tech with some sassy Chrome extensions that turn this into a two-click operation! If you have an ActionID, Chrome browser, and software to text from your computer, you're ready. RSVP!
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TUESDAY, MARCH 1 & WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2:
SOCIAL MEDIA STORMS
It’s been a stunning 7 weeks in a row with over 40 million impressions! Last week we had way over 50 million impressions, over 11,000 tweets and 140 thousand likes & retweets! Those are bonkers numbers. Democracy-saving numbers! Be very proud of yourselves!
And be sure to join our next awesome weekly social storms. We've got two this week: our regular Wednesday morning storm (Wednesday, March 2 at 11a PT) and a special session Tuesday evening storm (Tuesday, March 1 at 6p PT) for those who can't make our daytime events. At both storms we'll jump onto the web to raise awareness for Field Team 6's efforts to #RegisterDemocrats and save the world. We’ll also be recruiting volunteers for our ongoing in-person voter drive trainings, phonebanks, textbanks and postcarding programs.
Storm any time on your own or join either of our scheduled storms for added momentum, fun socializing, and a bit of training if you want it. Deb Verla—literally a training professional—will lead the sessions on Zoom and they're lots of fun. RSVP HERE. And, as always, you can find info/assets for our latest storm right HERE.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2:
WEEKLY POSTCARD PARTY
Have you ever wanted to write voter registration postcards in a group... from the comfort of your kitchen table? Then our weekly virtual postcarding parties are right up your alley! Join our Postcarding Team's Laurie Mendik at the next one: Wednesday, March 2 at 2p PT.
She'll get you trained up and ready to write. RSVP HERE! If you'd like to order some of our incredible Shepard Fairey or James McMullan-designed cards then click HERE. And if you can't contain your postcarding enthusiasm until Wednesday, feel free to get started any time right HERE!
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MARCH 8... OUR NEXT ACTION-PACKED DAY OF ACTION!
National Voter Registration Day... just once a year? PREPOSTEROUS! That's why, together with a consortium of national grassroots voter registration organizations, we've turned National Voter Registration Day into a monthly event!
March 8 is your next chance to build on the wild success of our first two Days of Action (Jan 6 and Feb 8) by helping register Democrats. Find an action-packed event HERE.
Want to lead a registration event of your own? It can be an in-person voter drive, phonebank, textbank, postcarding party, social media storm... or something we have yet to dream up! Just Contact Wayne Liebman HERE.
We'll be holding these on the 2nd Tuesday of every month until the November election, so please be sure to amplify these efforts on the Twitters HERE and HERE!
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IN PERSON VOTER DRIVES!
Register Democrats in Orange County, CA, Yucaipa, CA,
Kennesaw, GA and Milwaukee, WI!
TRAIN TO LEAD IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES
Our Zoom trainings give you all the skills to lead in-person voter drives!
We have trainings for AZ, CA, FL, GA, NC, PA, TX, WI and NV!
PHONEBANKING
Join Field Team 6 and our partners as we call likely Dems in
swing states and get them registered to vote!
Just added: Spanish speaking FL phone bank!
POSTCARDING
Register Dems via postcard in the most flippable districts and
write with friends on Wednesdays at our weekly virtual postcarding party!
We've got campaigns in AZ, CA, NC, PA, FL, GA, WI and TX!
Our partner organizations are also writing to NM, NV, NY, VA
and Korean and Vietnamese speakers in GA!
We're also writing to TX Women about the abortion ban and
rural communities in WI about the infrastructure package!
SOCIAL STORMING
Build progressive awareness and help #RegisterDemocrats
from the comfort of your social media accounts!
Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our weekly Wednesday Zooms!
TEXTBANKING
Join our BYOP textbank to register WI, TX, NC & CA Dems!
Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get up to the minute details and sign up!
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VOLUNTEER SHOUT-OUT: BRUCE HAHNE
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This week, the Field Team 6 appreciation party is lighting the virtual fireworks for Bruce Hahne, an incredible volunteer and avid traveler who's lived in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and Tokyo!
Bruce mainly handles custom data management projects associated with the master Field Team 6 target voter registration database. It's highly technical, incredibly important work. "My most recent project was comparing the Field Team 6 database to a separate list of every registered voter in the country (about 240 million people)." These numbers will be revealed in our March 9th Strategy Briefing (see above).
And he's done his fair share of Tweetstorming, plus writing the occasional "how to" document for the team. Bruce also works with one of our partners, the Democratic Volunteer Center, which is currently organizing a webinar series on defending democracy.
One of his most memorable volunteer experiences required him to use his training in tactical and strategic nonviolence. "Back in the days when anti-gay religious protestors would picket the San Jose Pride parade and festival with extremely toxic messages, I organized a pro-LGBTQ singing counter-protest in the same sidewalk location as the anti-gay protestors. We didn't engage them. We just sang civil rights songs and held positive signs to try to neutralize their impact. We apparently came better-prepared for the heat than they did, because the anti-gay protestors gave up and left after about an hour."
In his professional career, Bruce has held roles as a network engineer, engineering manager, and project manager at Google from 2005-2020. "I resigned in early 2020 because Google had drifted too far from its 'Don't be evil' motto – they've started to aggressively union-bust and fire labor activists."
He's had to do some basic scriptwriting/software in his career, but "starting in 2020 I finally doubled down and decided to improve my Python skills. I'm glad to be able to apply those to help out Field Team 6. My training as a project manager has also been helpful."
Bruce, we salute your unique set of skills, your long history of volunteering, and all the amazing things you do for Field Team 6. We look forward to continuing the fight for democracy with you at our side.
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Be like Bruce! We're looking for volunteers with a little time and almost any skill to share.
And we also have a specific request: we'd love to find some Vietnamese or Korean speaking volunteers for a postcard campaign. So if that's you, please get in touch by emailing our amazing POSTCARD TEAM.
And here's one more that could come in particularly handy now: if you'd be game to call other friendly volunteers and let them know about opportunities that match their interests, join our Activist Telecom Team (or AT&T) HERE!
Find all of our current behind-the-scenes needs, or pleasantly surprise us HERE.
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RACE FOR DEMOCRACY
Field Team 6's brand new rewards program — Race for Democracy — is off and running. Yes, we are absolutely hammering that race metaphor.
Members are already earning rewards just by doing the stuff they've already been doing, like donating, volunteering, and even following Field Team 6 on the socials.
Sound fun? It is! Want a bit more info? Get it HERE!
And don't forget to watch our awesome Race for Democracy commercial on YouTube. Then smash that "like" button (as the kids say) and share with friends on the social medias. Remember, we're all in this race together... and the finish line is a free and healthy democracy!
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VOTER DRIVE IN A BOX BOX
One of Field Team 6's coolest tools is our Voter Drive in a Box – the digital version of everything you need to hold your own voter drive in a swing state: training videos, manuals, cheat sheets, etc.
Now we're introducing the physical version. Our Voter Drive in a Box Box is not just metaphorical... it’s an actual box filled with everything you need to host your own voter drive: clipboards, pens, forms, stickers, and more – for up to 8 volunteers!
To achieve our goal of mailing one of these state-specific goodie boxes—for free!—to every volunteer who signs up to lead their first voter drive, we're looking for people to Adopt-a-Box. It'll cost us about $60 to buy, stock and ship each box, but we think the dividends it will pay in the voter registration ground game will be priceless. Won't you adopt a box today? Look how cute they are!
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SNAZZY TEES, GORGEOUS POSTCARDS &
AND OTHER MERCH TO SAVE THE WORLD!
Feel like taking a stroll and saving democracy at the same time? Of course you do! Pull on this sweet t-shirt and combine exercise and activism. On the front, the simple but all-important message in super cool shadow script: "REGISTER." On the back: a handy QR code that sends new voters to Voterizer.org for instant registration. You spin around, they snap away with their smartphone, and VOILA – a Democrat is born. Fast, fun and stylish! Click HERE to see if we have your size. (We probably do!)
We've also got fabulous Shepard Fairey and James McMullan postcards, "I'm vaccinated... can I register you as a Democrat t-shirts" and more, so be sure to check it all out HERE!
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