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April 6, 2023
WORLDS SAVED: 1
WI SUPREME COURTS FLIPPED: 1
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS REGISTERED BY 11/21: 1,570,600
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS REGISTERED BY 11/22: coming 4/25!
TOTAL VOTER TOUCHES TO DATE: 37,105,738
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WHAT WISCONSIN & CHICAGO TEACH US | |
Last Tuesday, Democrats won the Triple Crown. A blowout in Wisconsin, an upset in Chicago, and Trump getting arraigned in New York, looking like a dead lizard stuck to a rock in the sun.
In Wisconsin, Janet Protasiewicz didn’t just win. Dan Kelly lost so badly, the Cubs tried to sign him. The only robe Dan Kelly will be wearing is a bathrobe, with toothpaste stains for a dissent collar. And she put him to bed by 10pm, so she could get a good night’s sleep!
This was an 11-POINT victory for Wisconsin and for the country. It happened first of all because of the organizing skill, hard work, and heart of Wisconsin organizers including our amazing partners the WisDems and Progress North, among others.
Likewise, credit for the Chicago mayoral victory goes first to the organizers on the ground, including our amazing partner Rose Colacino and Swing Left Chicago. (We treasure her inspiring account of our work together!)
And these victories also happened because of something that exists now that did not exist in 2016. Something you helped build and are helping to grow right now.
It is the national activism movement, made up of thousands of grassroots groups and hundreds of thousands of volunteers who are registering and mobilizing millions of Democratic voters. It is a multiracial, intergenerational, cross-denominational coalition. The vast majority of this movement are women. You are part of it. We are all part of it. And it is growing every day.
Led by Georgia organizers, we helped pull off the Georgia Miracle. Led by Wisconsin organizers, we helped flip the Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years. Led by Chicago organizers, we helped a progressive underdog pull off a stunning upset to become Mayor.
Where else can we do this?
Everywhere.
When we focus our volunteer hours and donor dollars on searching out good-hearted people, and helping them turn their voices into votes, we are capable of victories we could not have dared to dream of in the past.
So let’s keep going! Next stop? Ohio!!
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THE BIG REVEAL: OUR 2022 CYCLE NUMBER!
History says 93% of midterms are disastrous for the President's party. On average, the opposition gains four seats in the Senate and about thirty seats in the House.
But in 2022, we managed to stop the dreaded Red Wave, losing just nine House seats, and actually gaining a Senate seat.
So how did we defy the odds? In our next Strategy Briefing, we'll answer all your questions and break down all the numbers, including the BIG REVEAL: how many confirmed Democratic voters did we help register in the 2022 cycle?
Brian Tyler Cohen hosts our NPR homage, Wait, Wait, DO Tell Me, featuring the results of a rigorous scientific study that quantifies Field Team 6's efficacy.
So join us on Tuesday, April 25 from 5-6p PT. Get more info and sign up HERE. With your help, we can repeat this magic in 2024, holding the White House and Senate, and taking back the House!
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
2024 SUMMIT IS A THING!
Our recent Register Democrats Summit was a resounding success, so get ready, ‘cause we’re gonna do it again in 2024!
This year, almost 1,100 attendees got a one-of-a-kind live adrenaline shot straight to the heart of democracy (and hundreds more via our recordings and podcast HERE), complete with inspiring elected officials, thought-provoking panels, and just-what-you-need workshops covering everything from game-changing voter reg technology to best practices in organizing and fundraising.
But don’t take our word for it. Here are some of the rave reviews from attendees:
“An excellent day not just for information but also motivation! Seeing so
many others engaged in the same fight was reassuring. Listening to all
the panelists and keynote speakers helped to reframe my focus.
A really great experience!” — Michele K
“Hearing from so many dedicated professionals, electeds, volunteers, and
organizers, all committed to working together to build a movement
for democracy was inspiring.” — Elise K
“F%$#@g BRILLIANT!!!” — Rebecca N
If you missed it, don't worry, we gotchu! We recorded all the sessions, and they're posted on our YouTube channel, with podcast versions HERE.
So save the date: March 14, 2024 is the next Register Democrats Summit. And we guarantee, next year is gonna be even Summitier!
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If you missed our wildly successful, insanely educational, and crazy fun Register Democrats Summit, all hope is not lost. We posted an awesome recap video HERE. Once you watch that — and send it all your friends and family — you can catch every single panel and presentation from the big event HERE, in video or podcast form. So get ready to Summit and Chill.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 9:
SAVE DEMOCRACY WITH FRIENDS!
Are you vaxxed, maxxed (on your love of democracy) and ready to roll? Then Field Team 6 and Civic Sundays have just the thing for you: fun, in-person events to save our nation!
Civic Sundays LA is now meeting in person on Sunday mornings at private locations in the Silverlake/Los Feliz/Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. There are always multiple ways you can get involved in supporting progressive candidates up and down the ballot, locally and nationwide. Phonebanking, textbanking, postcarding and digital letter writing will be among the offerings—and you get to do it in person with your new friends!
Next up is Sunday, April 9 from 10a-12p PT. Click HERE for more info and to RSVP.
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OHIO... COME ON DOWN!
Now that we’ve secured big wins in Wisconsin & Chicago, we turn our attention immediately to Ohio—which is critical this year AND next! By November 2023, we need to register enough Democrats to pass an amendment cementing abortion rights in the state constitution. And in 2024, in order to keep our Senate majority, we need to re-elect Sherrod Brown, one of our most vulnerable (and best) senators!
So sign up for our upcoming events, and help register hordes of new Buckeye Democrats to vote those GOP weasels out!
Tuesday, April 11 (and each Tuesday for the next month) from 6p ET — we got ourselves a Text Arcade. You know, where you buy a ticket and send texts the new-fashioned way. Get your ticket lickity split HERE.
Tuesday, April 18 from 4-6p ET — Phone Bank. Sign up HERE for this ongoing Tuesday event to contact eligible voters (who are likely Dems) and make sure they're registered and have all the info they need to stop their vote being taken away. (PS. We really need more Ohio phone bank leaders. Click HERE to get in on the fun!)
Tuesday, April 25 from 5-6p ET — In-Person Voter Drive Training. Learn how to register Democrats the fun and effective Field Team 6 way. Click HERE to RSVP.
Friend of FT6, David Pepper (former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party and author of Laboratories of Autocracy) has a great breakdown of the GOP shenanigans HERE.
We'll be expanding our Ohio efforts into postcarding and BYOP texting soon, so keep checking our Volunteer Ops page for even more ways to help!
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IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES!
Register Democrats on the ground in
Bakersfield, Cypress, and Mission Viejo, CA;
Honesdale and Hawley, PA;
Cincinnati, OH, Pittsburgh, PA,
Parker, AZ and Richardson, TX!
VOTER DRIVE TRAINING
Learn on Zoom to lead your own voter drive
on the ground in all of our 2024 target states:
AZ, CA, GA, MI, MT, NV, NC, OH, NY, PA, WI and WV!
PHONE BANKING
Call likely Dems in Ohio and get them registered to vote
and call purged voters in NC and get them re-registered!
POSTCARDING
We're writing to states that have important elections in 2023
(KY, LA, MS, NJ, and VA),
a pro-abortion rights message to women in NC,
and a campaign to get Josh Harder re-elected in CA-09 in 2024!
Join us at our Wednesday and Sunday postcarding parties
to learn about our postcarding program or just write with friends!
SOCIAL STORMING
Got ten minutes?
Help us reach another 4 billion impressions this cycle -
all from the comfort of your social media accounts!
Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our Zoom trainings!
No social media experience required!
TEXT BANKING
BYOP Text Banking to KY, LA, NC and VA
and weekly text arcades to OH ($25 = 1400 texts)
to pass abortion rights this year,
and hold Sen. Sherrod Brown's crucial seat in '24!
Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get up-to-the-minute details and sign up!
Let's do this!
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DEMOCRACY – A VOTING PROMOTING VILLAGE!
The work we do here at Field Team 6 is strengthened immeasurably by the partnerships we’ve forged with a host of amazing organizations.
Some are national groups who help amplify our reach; some are local experts who help us engage the voters they know best; all are fabulous allies in the best cause going: saving democracy.
So here’s a shoutout and a hearty thanks to the partners who promote all of our registration events via their Mobilize feeds: Arena, Together We Elect, DemCast USA, Seed the Vote, Civic Sundays, Florida Voices for Progress, Indivisible Sonoma County, LB/OC Women Rising, Oregonizers, Promote the Vote PA, Massachusetts Grassroots Information Collaborative (News-MAGIC), and Voting for our Lives Indivisible.
Let’s keep it rolling, friends!
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GORGEOUS POSTCARDS AND SNAZZY TEES, SIGNS & MORE!
Along with our Magic Voter Registration Handout Cards, we also have a full range of Jamie Rodgers, Shepard Fairey and James McMullan postcards and QR t-shirts linking to Voterizer.org, making it a snap for anyone to register as a Democrat! Click HERE to order a whole bunch of all of 'em!
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