$11 MILLION...Swing Left volunteers helped the campaign meet its GOTV goal for face-to-face voter...

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CANVASS

Naperville Canvass for Lauren Underwood

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Volunteer to help registered nurse and Obama healthcare advisor Lauren Underwood flip IL-14 blue!

Saturday, November 3

9 am – 12 pm CT

Naperville, IL

CANVASS

Take action

9 am – 12 pm CT

Naperville, IL

CANVASS

Take action

9 am – 12 pm CT

Naperville, IL

Take ActionSwing Left

built a tool for volunteers to

easily choose the highest-impact actions to take

leading up to and during The

Last Weekend.SwingLeft.org visitors chose from a personalized list of actions and were immediately connected to local campaigns.

Hill was a first-time candidate who decided to run after plugging

her zip code into Swing Left and discovering she lived in a

Swing District.

Katie HillWON BY 21,396 VOTES

294,000+DOORS KNOCKED

65,000+CALLS MADE

$354,000+DOLLARS RAISED

Swing left volunteers were responsible for:

In a viral video, Swing Left and Samuel L. Jackson helped out around Allred’s house—so he could get back to campaigning to defeat incumbent

Republican Pete Sessions.

Colin AllredWON BY 17,966 VOTES

3,000+CALLS MADE

In 2018, taking back the House was the one big way we put a check on Trump and the GOP. And over the next two years, there’ll be lots of key ways to further

curb their destructive agenda and restore our democracy:

Flip the Senate

Defend the House

Fight for fair maps

Take back the Presidency

Share this report—and let everyone know you’re going to keep fighting!

Swing Left volunteers helped the campaign meet its GOTV goal for face-to-face voter conversations—expected

to take 4 days—in the first 6 hours of The Last Weekend.

Tom MalinowskiWON BY 16,200 VOTES

18,000+CALLS MADE

Swing Left volunteers in CA-21 with Democratic nominee TJ Cox, activist Dolores Huerta, and actor Simon Helberg

Swing Left was started with the singular mission of taking back the House to put a check

on Trump and the GOP.

J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7

T H E P L A N T O TA K E B A C K T H E H O U S E

HOW WE WON The Blue Wave didn’t save us—you did!

THE NEW YORKER / JANUARY 26, 2017

“The surge of sign-ups for Swing Left...reflects an energy on the left in

search of an outlet.”

$11 MILLION

Facilitate early fundraising for

eventual Democratic nominees

Build presidentialelection-level

momentum around 2018 midterms

Mobilize an army of new grassroots

volunteers toGet Out The Vote

Swing Left prioritized raising money early—when donations have the highest impact for campaigns. That included fundraising pre-primaries

via Swing Left District Funds, so we could hand the eventual Democratic nominee a Big Blue Check when they needed it most.

E A R LY F U N D R A I S I N G

73,000GRASSROOTS DONORS

grassrootsdonors

73Kcontributed through

District Funds

“I have never thrown myself completely

into something like this before, but it was the most rewarding

experience of my life.”

VICKI R. / SONOMA COUNTY

“This group of incredibly dedicated, passionate

people reminded me daily that we have the power to

make a change.”

MADELINE D. / GWU

“The Swing Left [College] Fellowship has brought me from

a single, frustrated individual struggling to make a difference to a novice organizer equipped with the skills I’ll need to build a team of excited, democratic volunteers

ready to Swing Left together.”

JENDAYI L. / U MIAMI

KerryWashington

TraceeEllis-Ross

Tyler Oakley Elizabeth

Warren

JonLovett Jon

Favreau

CameronKasky

PiperPerabo

BenjPasek

LeslieOdom, Jr.

KathrynHahn

UzoAduba

HillaryClinton

A host of inspiring people from art, activism, film, fashion, politics and more volunteered—and helped communicate

the importance of volunteering to others.

B U I L D I N G M O M E N T U MSwing Left volunteer teams started organizing early—hosting house parties, fundraising for their eventual nominees, knocking on doors,

and making calls to voters—beginning February 2017.

total raised for candidates by Swing Left donors

Swing Left volunteers canvassing in NJ-07

T H E R E ’ S S O M U C H M O R E T O D O

AND IT WORKED!We needed to flip 23 seats to take back the House.

In the end, Democrats gained an incredible 40 seats.

5 MILLION2.5 MILLIONSwing Left doors knockedSwing Left calls made

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN IN A SWING LEFT VIDEO FOR THE LAST WEEKEND

“The clock is ticking, and it’s going to take a grassroots army to get out the vote

in districts where it counts the most.”

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T HE L A S T W E E K E N DSwing Left organized The Last Weekend—a coalition of 60+

progressive organizations working to galvanize a mass volunteer movement on the final weekend before the midterms.

Of our 84 Swing Districts, 16 stayed blue and 39 flipped from red to blue—so in total Swing Left volunteers helped Democrats win in 55 districts.

raised in under 48 hours to unseat House

Republicans who voted for Trumpcare

May 4, 2017

$11 MILLION...Swing Left volunteers helped the campaign meet its GOTV goal for face-to-face voter...

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