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Progressive Turnout Project
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| Progressive Turnout Project | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Type: | PAC |
| Year founded: | 2015 |
| Website: | Official website |
Progressive Turnout Project is a political action committee that describes itself as a "grassroots-funded organization dedicated to connecting with voters one-on-one and getting Democrats to the polls."[1]
Mission
As of April 2020, the Progressive Turnout Project website included the following statement:[2]
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Progressive Turnout Project is a grassroots-funded organization with a single mission: get Democrats to the polls. We design, test, and execute specialized voter turnout programs targeting inconsistent Democratic voters in the most competitive districts in the country.[3] |
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Activity
2020
On April 2, 2020, The Hill reported that the organization planned to spend $2.9 million on a phonebanking campaign targeting an estimated 12 million swing-state voters. The group’s executive director stated, "With COVID-19, activists are looking for ways to engage with voters while practicing safe distancing and Turnout 2020 helps with that."[4]
In December 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization announced a $45 million plan to increase Democratic turnout by training 1,100 field staff with a goal of knocking on 7 million doors in 16 battleground states.[5] The group subsequently increased that goal to 10.1 million doors in 17 states.[6]
Endorsements
Progressive Turnout Project endorses candidates it deems "voting rights champions who will support the fundamental right to vote that’s central to our work as an organization."[7]
2020
As of April 2020, the following endorsed candidates were listed on the organization's website:[7]
- Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.)
- Andrew Kim (D-N.J.)
- Angie Craig (D-Minn.)
- Antonio Delgado (D-N.Y.)
- Cindy Axne (D-Iowa)
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.)
- Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)
- Jason Crow (D-Colo.)
- Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.)
- Katie Porter (D-Calif.)
- Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D-Texas)
- Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)
- Sean Casten (D-Ill.)
- Sharice Davids (D-Kan.)
- Susie Lee (D-Nev.)
See also
External links
- Progressive Turnout Project website
- Progressive Turnout Project Facebook page
- Progressive Turnout Project Twitter page
Footnotes
- ↑ Progressive Turnout Project, "Home," accessed April 8, 2020
- ↑ Progressive Turnout Project, "Our Mission," accessed April 8, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Hill, "Left-leaning group launches phone bank effort targeting swing states," April 2, 2020
- ↑ Progressive Turnout Project, "Winning in 2020 means investing in voter turnout now," December 9, 2019
- ↑ Twitter, "Progressive Turnout Project," accessed April 8, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Progressive Turnout Project, "Endorsements," accessed April 8, 2020
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