Organizing and GOTV groups are engaged in highly targeted efforts to identify and contact those people who need an extra push to vote — and to vote Democratic. These groups also operate on a much longer timeline than a single election, meaning that money given to them rather than candidates is an investment in power building, even if Democrats suffer losses in November. We recommend the following four groups:
- Care in Action. This is the electoral arm of National Domestic Workers Alliance. In strongly recommending both groups, we wrote that they have “become a powerful force for change, organizing a mostly invisible workforce and achieving impact in both the policy and political spheres.” The organization is now working to engage and turn out women of color in key battleground states.
- Community Change Action. Earlier this year, when we strongly recommended Community Change to donors, we described it as among the premier national groups focused on empowering low-income people of color. Its electoral arm is working in key battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin, as well as in key congressional districts.
- Movement Labs is a technology and data-focused organization which catalyzes peer-to-peer texting to support grassroots organizing and help win elections. This is a good option for small donors making last-minute donations because its texting work is easy to scale during this final stretch of the election. (Give to Rapid Resist Action.)
- Working America, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, is canvassing voters door-to-door in key states to turn out working-class voters for Democrats. It engages in extensive testing to find the most cost-effective tactics.
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