There are No Off Years

The stakes couldn’t be higher as we head into 2022. If we don’t hold the U.S. House and increase the Senate majority, Trump Republicans will take power and the progressive agenda will be all but dead. What’s more, 2024’s election integrity will be at risk if we don’t protect state-level offices. And don’t get us started on the Supreme Court. Holy shit.

Because a campaign’s priority is turning out existing voters to vote for them, a large swath of potential but currently unregistered voters never hear from organizers. 

Early investment in things like voter registration means more time for organizers to build relationships and expand their work to reach every person. There simply isn’t time to do this when money is coming in the final weeks of a campaign. In Georgia, nearly all eligible voters are now registered because organizers spent the last decade doing the work of registering and engaging new voters, mostly people of color. That early investment is why Georgia turned blue in 2020. 

By donating to our No Off Years fund, you’ll be investing early in voter registration efforts in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, places where reaching new voters will help make the difference in our ability to win in 2022.

• In Arizona, our partners are leading the charge to register progressives and expand the electorate in advance of what will certainly be a tight Senate race next year, and we’re helping them hit their goal of 12-15,000 new voters registered, which could make a huge difference in a state Joe Biden won by just over 10,000 votes. 
• In Florida, we're not giving up yet: There are two competitive statewide races coming up in 2022 for Senate and Governor and while Democrats have a 54,000 edge on Republicans, and the GOP is on pace to overtake Democrats in registration by early 2022, which is why we’re supporting a big progressive registration goal of 400,000 new voters registered.
• North Carolina Democrats have a chance to make a big step forward in advance of a key Senate race. GOP Senator Thom Tillis won re-election in 2020 by less than 97,000 votes – and with a solid registration and GOTV effort, Democrats have a chance to eat away at that margin, which we’ll help them do by hitting a registration goal of 600,000 new voters registered.
• Pennsylvania has two open statewide seats up for grabs, including a major pickup opportunity in the Senate. We were on the edge of our seats in 2020, but Joe Biden won the state by over 80,000 votes and we’re helping to fund on-the-ground programs to register voters this year to help build on that margin.
• Texas has more than 3 million unregistered voters, and with a little more work and a little more time, the dream of a blue Texas is within reach. Democrats lost the state by just 631,000 votes in the presidential race, with even smaller margins down the ballot. To chip away at this gap, we’re supporting Texas Democrats big goal of 2 million new voters registered, who they believe will be likely Democrats. 
• Wisconsin ($100k GOAL MET!) is on a perpetual knife’s edge: Joe Biden was able to eke out a win in 2020 by just over 20,000 votes. To keep Wisconsin in the blue column, the WisDems need to be able to start their voter mobilization efforts early – and that starts with a robust voter registration program this year to help build on that margin.  

We’re trying to hit a goal of $1.5 million to help groups in these states meet their needs. That's a big goal, and the sooner we get new voters registered, the sooner organizers can begin having conversations with those voters early about why next year’s elections are so important and what they need to know before they vote. Can you chip in today to help us get there before the end of the year?