La fecha límite para inscribirse para votar es el 5 de octubre. A través de Arizona, jóvenes se movilizan para asegurarse que todos los latinos que son elegibles para votar se inscriban. Telemundo Arizona habló con Stephanie Medina, vocera de Progressive Turnout Project. Ver el video aquí.
Colorado’s two leading teachers unions, the Colorado Education Association and the Colorado chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, endorsed Democratic congressional candidate Diane Mitsch Bush on Sept. 24, citing her record on education in the state legislature and as a county commissioner. The endorsement comes on the heels of a virtual roundtable held Sept. 19 with educators by …
President Donald Trump appealed to Florida Hispanics on Friday even as his failure to commit to a peaceful transfer of power undermined his message with voters who fled oppressive foreign regimes. However, the president’s unwillingness this week to pledge to leave office peacefully if he lost the Nov. 3 election, one of the country’s most sacred political traditions and constitutional duties, …
President Trump began a two-day campaign swing through Florida on Thursday night — his second in his adopted home state in three weeks — with a rally at a Jacksonville airport. “I’m working my ass off,” Trump told the crowd at Cecil Airport, noting he is barnstorming through battleground states as polls show Democratic rival Joe Biden holding …
With less than 50 days until Election Day, progressive groups are investing millions into voter registration, education and mobilization efforts in battleground states amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Progressive Turnout Project, which is the largest grassroots-funded voter outreach organization in the country, has been focused on one-on-one conversations with inconsistent voters who typically vote for Democrats but …
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And because such an overwhelming proportion of the country has hardened opinions of the candidates, making persuasion difficult and a drain on precious resources, the focus for the presidential campaigns and their allies — especially among Democrats, for whom the narrow but decisive margins of 2016 weigh heavily on the mind — boosting turnout is, …
Whether a voter canvassing operation conducted during a pandemic will significantly affect final vote tallies is a subject of intense debate — particularly among Democrats, where party operatives say they are under pressure to win every vote possible in an election they consider the most important of their lifetimes. In some cases, progressive leaders even …
With two months to go until the election, President Donald Trump is trying his hardest to make it more difficult for Americans to vote. The coronavirus pandemic means voting in person is potentially dangerous, and poll after poll has shown most Americans support voting by mail. Yet Trump has embarked on a disinformation campaign to discourage mail-in voting, against the wishes …
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The Progressive Turnout Project launched its voter turnout program Monday, and the group is vowing to make 55 million telephone calls and hand-write 500,000 letters to voters by election day. They have announced they are targeting Alabama in order to convince voters to re-elect U.S. Sen. Doug Jones. “Donald Trump is an existential threat to …
Also in the mix — the Progressive Turnout Project, which has a budget of $52 million this cycle, has announced a new voter contact program in which staff and volunteers will make 55 million phone calls and write 500,000 letters by hand to deliver to voters before Election Day, urging them to turn out for Biden …
