For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Tracy Mayfield
tracy@turnoutpac.org
May 25, 2017
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT CONGRATULATES ROB QUIST ON A HARD-FOUGHT CAMPAIGN IN MONTANA’S SPECIAL ELECTION
Group spent $225,000 on field staff and media to turn out Democratic voters
Tonight Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) congratulates Democrat Rob Quist and his team on their hard-fought campaign in Montana’s At-Large Special Election. In total, PTP spent $225,000 to turn out Montana Democrats in support of Quist.
PTP’s spending funded seven full-time field staffers who canvassed Democrats in the Butte area, knocking on more than 20,000 doors. Additionally, the group sent 225,000 pieces of mail and 32,000 text messages statewide to motivate likely Democratic voters to vote.
“We are proud of our early investment in turning out Democrats in this special election. Though we lost the battle, we are going to use the lessons learned from this campaign to run more effective turnout programs going forward,” said Senior Advisor Tracy Mayfield.
In all of its field programs, PTP executes randomized control trial experiments. By removing a control group, the organization is able to assess the impact of its work and continually improve upon its programs.
In addition to Montana, PTP has staff on the ground talking to Democrats in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Special Election and multiple Virginia House of Delegate districts.
Progressive Turnout Project was founded in late 2015 with a simple mission: get more Democrats to the polls. Since then, PTP has raised more than $8 million from a powerful grassroots base of 140,000 donors.
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Progressive Turnout Project is a grassroots Political Action Committee (PAC) with a single mission: get Democrats to the polls. They design, test, and execute specialized voter turnout programs targeting inconsistent Democratic voters in the most competitive districts in the country. In the 2016 cycle, they raised more than $5 million from over 93,000 donors and ran programs in 19 congressional races.
