Dear MoveOn member,
We did it. We mobilized voters in huge numbers, prevented a red wave, held the Senate, elected pro-democracy governors and secretaries of state, and helped elect and defend Democrats and progressives in the House. The work isn't finished and we're giving our all to reelect Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia—you can join that work now! Building off of what we accomplished leading up to November 8, we know we can win Georgia as well.
Together, millions of MoveOn members taking people-powered action contributed to the most successful midterm election for the party in power in decades—bucking history, defeating many hardcore MAGA Republicans, and defending democracy.
Here's some of what we accomplished together:
- Ran the largest relational organizing program in the country and specifically recruited tens of thousands of MoveOn members to triple their vote, resulting in 240,000 surge voters pledging to vote who might not have otherwise in key battleground states.
- Identified and targeted "surge voters"—first-time voters in 2018 and 2020 who may align with the Democratic agenda and progressive causes but were less likely to vote in 2022—and reached 4.3 million of them.
- Contacted more than 42 million voters to help them make a plan to vote
- Raised $1.5 million directly for Senate, House, gubernatorial, and secretary of state candidates—some of whom beat the biggest election deniers in the country.
- Produced nine rallies in battleground states with NextGen America and Senator Bernie Sanders—engaging tens of thousands of young voters and inspiring them to vote in battleground states.
- Elevated the issues of abortion rights, democracy, health care costs, climate, and student debt relief through direct organizing, media-grabbing actions, and millions of dollars targeted ad buys across key states.
- Worked with cultural leaders to promote pro-voting and pro-democracy messages—from celebrity engagement with Nail the Vote nail art to guest speakers at our virtual rallies to participants in our phone banks.
Many factors played into this election's results—and you can be proud you were part of a community that contributed in impactful ways where it mattered most. As early analysis has shown, our strategy targeted the right set of voters with a resonant array of messages. In short, the folks who helped lead to Democrats' and progressives' electoral success were some of the very people our program focused on and were motivated by the issues we centered. Which means that every call, text, social share, polling place contact, and relational outreach contributed to some of the razor-thin victories that were decisive in this election.
We didn't win every race, and a GOP House will be a hotbed of MAGA conspiracy theories and attacks. But we helped create a more favorable political landscape for the next two years, we sent a clear national message of rejection of MAGA's extremism, and we built momentum around issues that matter deeply—and we'll keep organizing around these in the weeks, months, and years to come.
Thank you for all you did. From making a grassroots donation to spending a few hours calling MoveOn members in swing districts to sharing hard-hitting content online to joining our weekly Rallies for Democracy to participating in the endorsement voters of the 85 candidates MoveOn members endorsed up and down the ballot, each of these actions and so many more contributed to the impact MoveOn had on these historic, consequential, and powerful midterm election results.
We haven't rested since.
- On Tuesday, November 15, we kicked off our program to reelect Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia—thousands joined our live stream and began to sign up for phonebanking shifts and vote tripling among Georgia voters. Sign up to reach out to Georgia voters now and help us win.
- On Wednesday, November 16, hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members took collective action in response to Trump's announced candidacy—ordering stickers to display visual opposition to Trump, signing petitions to call on networks to stop giving him free airtime and on officials to hold him accountable for his role in the insurrection, and contributing now to defeat Trump ... again.
- And on Thursday, November 17, we applauded the advancement of the Respect for Marriage Act in the Senate—making a move toward an important step in recognizing same-sex and interracial marriages and protecting our equality from attacks from the illegitimate Supreme Court. While there is so much more progress we need to make for real equality, it was a sign that this final session of Congress can still make progress—and we'll push them to do even more over the final six weeks.
MoveOn members pulled together for the largest midterm election program in our 24-year history. The stakes were just that high—and our energy, engagement, and impact matched the moment.
Thank you for being a part of this vibrant community that works for an America for all. Thanks for how you participated up through Election Day—and your continued partnership as, together, we advance a world of justice, sustainability, equality, and love.
Thanks for all you do.
—Rahna, Dan, Nita, Kate, and the rest of the team
P.S. Sign up now to power our voter outreach work to reelect Sen. Warnock.
Want to support MoveOn's work? Voters just defied history and stopped a MAGA wave of extremism at the polls. But there is more work to do to end the filibuster, codify abortion rights into law, and defend our freedoms, our families, and our futures. We can accomplish all this and more, but only if we work together.
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