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CANVASS Naperville Canvass for Lauren Underwood Take action 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 Take Action Swing 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. CA-25 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 Hill WON BY 21,396 VOTES 294,000+ DOORS KNOCKED 65,000+ CALLS MADE $354,000+ DOLLARS RAISED Swing left volunteers were responsible for: TX-32 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 Allred WON BY 17,966 VOTES 34,000+ DOORS KNOCKED 3,000+ CALLS MADE $249,000+ DOLLARS RAISED Swing left volunteers were responsible for: 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 Malinowski WON BY 16,200 VOTES 320,000+ DOORS KNOCKED 18,000+ CALLS MADE $158,000+ DOLLARS RAISED Swing left volunteers were responsible for: NJ-07 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. JANUARY 2017 THE PLAN TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 1 HOW WE WON The Blue Wave didn’t save us—you did! * 2 3 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 presidential election-level momentum around 2018 midterms Mobilize an army of new grassroots volunteers to Get 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. EARLY FUNDRAISING 73,000 GRASSROOTS DONORS grassroots donors 73K contributed through District Funds $3.8M “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 Kerry Washington Tracee Ellis-Rs Tyler Oakley Elizabeth Warren Jon Lovett Jon Favreau Cameron Kasky Piper Perabo Benj Pasek Leslie Odom, Jr. Kathryn Hahn Uzo Aduba Hillary Clinton TX-07 A host of inspiring people from art, activism, film, fashion, politics and more volunteered—and helped communicate the importance of volunteering to others. BUILDING MOMENTUM Swing 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 OH-12 NJ-03 CA-48 PA-01 CA-48 CA-10 THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO DO AND IT WORKED! We needed to flip 23 seats to take back the House. In the end, Democrats gained an incredible 40 seats. NJ-11 CA-39 NC-13 CA-48 IL-14 5 MILLION 2.5 MILLION Swing Left doors knocked Swing Left calls made NJ-07 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.” Share on Twitter Share on Facebook THE LAST WEEKEND Swing 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 $1M
