Thank you so much for amplifying this! This thread has links to the four podcast series we did on these voters, and the link to the post with the full poll results is here -

If you don't understand how grassroots organizing works... or you do and want inspiration, drink in some wisdom from Todd Zimmer of Down Home North Carolina. Also, don't sleep on NC!

Progressive Lawmakers Launch Affordability Listening Tour in Battleground States A Democratic donor network and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will hold small-group sessions with voters in Las Vegas, Houston and Phoenix to hear about rising costs and shape their e...

While Donald Trump persists in calling affordability a hoax, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are partnering with @waytowinus.bsky.social to kick off a listening tour to hear from actual voters about their concerns and possible solutions. @notus.com @jenancona.bsky.social 1/

Not Red, but Rigged (feat. Todd Zimmer) Podcast Episode · Charting the Way Forward · April 16 · 48m

Good conversation on the critical work of doing persuasion with rural voters with Todd Zimmer of Down Home North Carolina and @jenancona.bsky.social of @waytowinus.bsky.social. Lots of opportunities to connect the dots on the ways that corrupt elites are making lives more difficult and expensive.

Follow us for more research and insights, and thank you for digging into this @parkermolloy.com!!

70 veterans and active duty military members were arrested at the Capitol yesterday protesting Trump's illegal war in Iran, including my friends Dylan Blaha & Demi Palecek. Corporate media is barely covering this, so we have to have their backs. This is what real courage and leadership looks like.

Progressive Lawmakers Launch Affordability Listening Tour in Battleground States A Democratic donor network and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will hold small-group sessions with voters in Las Vegas, Houston and Phoenix to hear about rising costs and shape their e...

“It’s a process to go talk to people and listen and take the feedback, and then use that to work with policy experts to then say, ‘OK, we’ve talked to people, we’ve heard them, and this is what we actually want to accomplish,’” @jenancona.bsky.social told @notus.com.

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Not Red, but Rigged (feat. Todd Zimmer) - Charting the Way Forward Episode 65 YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

Charting the Way Forward Ep 65 - with Down Home North Carolina's Todd Zimmer, from the front lines of one of the spiciest swing states. (and it's not just the bbq sauce) Stick around towards the end for Todd's personal story. 🤯

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We gotta penalize MAGA where it hurts and that’s in Georgia in Texas… everywhere they think they’re safe! they’re not!

Expand Your Imagination, Part 2 Podcast Episode · Charting the Way Forward · April 9 · 41m

Good conversation with some encouraging news on the improving prospects for Democrats in Texas, North Carolina, and elsewhere. Let's keep expanding the map! @waytowinus.bsky.social @torygavito.bsky.social
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Expand Your Imagination, Part II YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

Democrats a VERY good electoral week! Way to Win President @torygavito.bsky.social & Political Director Joe Hamill join Charting The Way Forward host Kerry Eleveld to cover the wild swings & look ahead to what's possible.

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Tune in live *Right Now* to listen to @torygavito.bsky.social joining Weekly Assignment hosts @sjdemas.bsky.social & @samosterhout.bsky.social discuss the latest in Texas!

What the Democratic Moderation Debate Gets Wrong Political scientist Jake Grumbach says it’s not surprising that Democrats are doing well electorally even though the party has not moved rightward in the way that some centrist pundits want.

Good from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social on why D's need to avoid the conventional wisdom from centrist pundits about the need to be "more moderate" and instead embrace authenticity and push for real change. Lines up with the research @waytowinus.bsky.social has done. @perrybaconjr.bsky.social

Really really strongly and vigorously recommend this episode, LaTosha is just consistently brilliant and deep and a delightful soul. I am still thinking about "what the devil meant for harm God will use for your good." 🤯

Force of nature...

One last clip: "...my grandmother said it, so I don't know. Maybe she's the 13th disciple, I'm not sure. But anyway, she would always say, what the devil meant for harm God will use for your good...what it forces me to do is a paradigm shift... I'm looking at, OK, what's the good in this?" 🤯

"We're making a stand for our humanity and our ability to own our God-given right to actually have choice, operate in our agency and shape the world that we live in to the world that we desire and we deserve."
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"..this election cycle, it is not gonna be compelling enough to say, well, let's get one party in office or let's have one candidate... They wanna know brass tacks, what do like what do we get, who's gonna stop the bleeding and how are, what are we gonna get?"

"We're entering a new era... it's not just about commemoration, it's really about commitment... what are we going to do on the 250th anniversary of America, right? What is our call to do in this moment as it relates to advancing civil rights?"

Darkest Moments to Brightest Stars (feat. LaTosha Brown) YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

If things are feeling a little dark this week for you, you NEED to listen to this episode of Charting the Way Forward with superstar superorganizer & Black Voters Matter founder LaTosha Brown. Couple of clips here; please watch and share!

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Who's Got the Juice? (Moral Rot Edition) - Charting the Way Forward Ep 61 YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

JUST POSTED: Charting the Way Forward Ep 61, covering the Illinois primary (particularly Kat's race), some war talk, and some profound hilarity going on in Texas, with a bit of a leitmotif of moral rot. Enjoy n' share!

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Foundations Mobilize to Protect the 2026 Elections As threats to democracy rise, foundations like MacArthur have pledged funds to safeguard the 2026 elections, aiming to ensure fair voting practices.

“What Texas showed us is that voter suppression today looks less like a single dramatic policy and more like a thousand tiny, administrative paper cuts," Way to Win President @torygavito.bsky.social tells @insidephilanthropy.com

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Also this is from 2024, but a good overview of our work in this area and our overall strategic approach.

Literally.

We couldn't agree more.

Way to Win is old enough to have refined its approach to being the nerdiest coolest kids on the block. Are we the coolest nerds or the nerdiest cool kids? I dunno-- seems like a very gen x breakfast club inspired line of questioning... just enjoy the data.

NJ: Como Nosotros Spanish (Make the Road NJ Action Fund) YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

Excited that @waytowinus.bsky.social won a Reed Award with Make the Road NJ and @INTRVL for CTV ads targeting Hispanic communities in the NJ Governor's race last fall. Check them out. 1/

Dems aren’t sure whether to actually spend big to flip Texas National Democrats are worried the money it would take to compete in Texas could be better spent elsewhere.

"'Texas would not be within the reach of our boat here, as fishermen of the white whale, but for the wave moment we’re in,' said @torygavito.bsky.social, President of Way to Win. ... Gavito said Democrats have built to this moment, cycle after cycle.' #TXSen

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“Talarico has been incredibly disciplined on TV, mail, field, rallies, online culture—just like across the board infrastructure,” said Tory Gavito, president of Way to Win.“And to go from behind Jasmine by a lot to defeating her is a sign that that discipline matters.”

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There's No Money In Uncertainty (feat. G. Elliott Morris) - Charting the Way Forward Ep 59 YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund

Went deep with @gelliottmorris.com yesterday. We got into DC incentive structures, and philosophy of poll writing, and a couple of the absolute bangers he's dropped lately. Listen and subscribe now!

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