FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2018
CONTACT:
Priyal Amin;press@turnoutpac.org
Progressive Turnout Project Supports Democrat Kathy Manning with $40,000 GOTV Mail Investment
Grassroots-funded organization sending get-out-the-vote mail to likely Democrats in North Carolina
CHICAGO—Progressive Turnout Project spent more than $40,000 on a get-out-the-vote mail program in support of Kathy Manning in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district. The organization sent mail that encourages voters to look up their polling place and “make a plan to vote” on November 6th.
“We want to remind North Carolina voters that affordable health care, good-paying jobs, and education are on the ballot this year and that Kathy Manning is going to be a champion for all North Carolinians,” said Executive Director Alex Morgan.
The organization’s social pressure mail program is designed to turn out inconsistent Democratic voters as well as first-time registrants who may be less familiar with the voting process. Studies have shown that sending voters their own voting record or their community’s voting record can increase turnout as much as 8%. To date, Progressive Turnout Project has sent out more than 2 million pieces of social pressure mail.
“The race in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district is an absolute toss-up and we want to make sure we’ve done everything we can to get Democrats to the polls and elect Kathy Manning on November 6,” said Morgan.
Progressive Turnout Project has hired and trained more than 400 staff in 64 battleground districts and states where they are getting out the vote ahead of the crucial November election. The organization recently increased its reach and is investing in an additional 31 races as Democrats look to take back the House and Senate in November.
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Progressive Turnout Project is a grassroots-funded political action committee with a single mission: get Democrats to the polls. PTP designs, tests, and executes specialized voter-turnout programs targeting inconsistent Democratic voters in the most competitive districts across the country. Since its inception in 2015, the organization raised more than $24 million with a supporter base of over 3 million and invested in voter-turnout programs in 130 congressional races and 17 state legislative races, including 10 Virginia House of Delegate races 2017.
