Movement Voter Project

Who: Dozens of MVP partners across the country.
What: Protecting immigrant, LGBTQ+, low-income, and other at-risk communities through mutual aid, know-your-rights trainings, local government advocacy, media and storytelling, legal action, and more.
Where: Red, purple, and blue states across the country.
Why: We can’t just say “We survived the last Trump term, we’ll survive now.” Many did not survive. Many more had their lives destroyed and dignity stripped. Now, many more will suffer and die when they lose access to civil protections, employment, food, shelter, and medical care. We cannot and we will not allow this to happen again. Not on our watch.

Examples

Defending Birthright Citizenship: In January 2025, MVP partner CASA and others filed CASA v. Trump to stop Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship. On February 5, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction, blocking the order.
Pushing Municipalities to Pass the Trust Act: In Pennsylvania, a coalition of MVP partners are pushing municipalities to pass the Trust Act, which ends proactive collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Sampling of Partner Organizations

AZ: AZ Poder; Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA); Our Voice Our Vote (OVOV)
GA: Black Male Initiative; Black Voters Matter; GA Working Families Party
MI: Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation; Up North Advocacy
NV: Asian Community Development Council; Make the Road Action Nevada
NC: Blueprint NC; Common Cause NC; Siembra; Southern Vision Alliance
PA: Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance; CASA In Action; Make The Road Action
WI: Muslim Women's Coalition; Souls to the Polls; Voces de la Frontera Action

Who: A new alliance of dozens of national and local year-round organizing groups.
What: Campaigns to 1) push GOP House members to block MAGA bills, and 2) hold each rep accountable for their votes — by flipping their seats in 2026.
Where: 20+ competitive House districts, including (in order of 2024 loss margin): IA-01, CO-08, PA-07, PA-10, PA-08, NE-02, AK-01, AZ-06, WI-03, CA-41, MI-07, IA-03, VA-02, AZ-01, NJ-07, WA-04, MI-10, NY-17, CA-22, WI-01, NY-01, and NY-11.
Why: We lost the House in 2024 by just 7,310 votes across three seats. By building and strengthening alliances of community, labor, and activist groups in the most narrowly held GOP districts, we can stop the worst bills in 2025 — while building momentum for 2026.

Examples

MI: A dozen Michigan partners are organizing call-ins, protests, and lobby days pressuring their entire congressional delegation to stop Trump and Elon Musk from slashing critical programs.
WI: Wisconsin Farmers Union is surveying its members on harmful impacts of Trump policies – including severe federal funding losses – and pushing House reps to address these impacts.

Sampling of Partners

AZ: Activate 48; AZ Working Families Party
CA: Battleground California
IA: Addition Collective Action Fund
MI: Detroit Action; Fund MI Future; MI Education Justice Coalition; Oakland Forward
NC: Down Home North Carolina
NJ: Make the Road New Jersey
NY: Battleground NY; Citizen Action of NY; Make the Road Action; NY Working Families Party
PA: Action Together NEPA; CASA in Action; One PA; PA Stands Up
VA: CASA in Action VA
WI: Citizen Action of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Farmers Union; Wisconsin Working Families Party
National: Community Change Action; Equality Federation; Indivisible; Working Families Party

Who: Dozens of MVP partners building large bases of youth, communities of color, labor, faith, and multiracial working-class communities.
What: Strengthening state alliances built around shared analysis, vision, narrative, and infrastructure; supporting multi-group campaigns that yield policy wins and increased political influence; and giving capacity-building support to organizations and whole “state ecosystems”.
Where: The perennial battleground states (AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, WI) and other key states.
Why: We know this works because we have seen it in action. We are working closely with the architects of “the Minnesota model,” which led to some of the most sweeping policy wins of the last decade. This progress didn’t come out of nowhere – it was the result of over a decade of strategic base-building and organizing, much of which was led by MVP partners.

Examples

AZ: Activate 48, a coalition of MVP partners, is launching a thank-you canvass to knock 80k doors + recruit 12k members. MVP’s Arizona State Advisor is investing in strengthening their long-term work.
GA: In January 2025, Progress GA met with several other MVP partners to plan a shared 2025 state legislative strategy. Now, MVP’s GA State Advisor is working with 10 local partners to align around a shared long-term vision and strategy.
MI: MVP partners are exploring coordinated ballot measure campaigns in 2026 to: 1) Build their bases and train their organizers; 2) Rally around a unified narrative + compelling vision; and 3) Enact policy change that tangibly improves lives. Measures being considered include campaign finance reform, taxing the rich to fund schools, and paid family leave.
Statewide Operations Hubs: In 2022, MVP Michigan partners created Back Office of Michigan (BOOM), an operations hub that streamlines HR, finance, and administrative functions for allied organizations across the state. Now, MVP staff are working to create hubs focused on operations, research, & comms in states like AZ, GA, PA, WI.

Sampling of Partners

AZ: AANHPI Advocates; AZ Poder; Chispa; LUCHA; Our Voice Our Vote; Rural Arizona Action
GA: Asian American Advocacy Fund; Black Male Initiative; Black Voters Matter; Care in Action
MI: 482Forward; Clean Water Fund; United for Respect; Michigan United; MOSES Action
NV: Black Liberation Organizing Collective (BLOC); Make the Road Action; UNITE HERE
NC: Carolina Federation; Down Home NC; Education Justice Action; Siembra NC
PA: API PA; Make The Road Action; One PA; PA United; CASA in Action; POWER Action Fund
WI: Common Ground Action; GROWW; Voces de la Frontera; WI Public Education Action Fund

Who: To identify our highest-impact partnerships, we are currently mapping the progressive media landscape while also studying our opposition's successes. This will involve new levels of innovation and collaboration with a wide array of allies as well as media and tech players.
What: Seeding and scaling the best strategies to grow the progressive media ecosystem, as well as infusing smart media and culture-shifting strategies into partners’ core organizing work.
Where: We are examining national, state, and local strategies, with an emphasis on the perennial battleground states (AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, WI).
Why: Media has radically changed and we have to “adapt or die.” This is a long-term strategy, but we have to start mapping the landscape and making initial R&D investments ASAP – so we can impact 2026 and 2028.

Examples

GA: Progress Georgia & other MVP partners are working to engage Black, LGBTQ+, Muslim, and other marginalized voters via podcasts & digital media.
ME: Maine People’s Alliance is working to expand the reach of its MaineBeacon.com news site, which is educating Maine voters year-round about news and issues with a progressive lens.
MI: Distill Social is launching a media company to support left-leaning entertainment, political podcasts, and cross-platform content.

Potential Pilot Projects

Progressive Viral Social Content created by & for young people (right-wing example: PragerU).
In-Language Media: Partner with ethnic media platforms to amplify progressive content.
Influencer School: Train and coach the next generation of promising progressive influencers.

“The information structure is one of the most determinative factors in a society. Everything else is downstream from how we exchange information. Politics is downstream. Even culture is downstream." — Martin Gurri, former C.I.A. media analyst, speaking on The Ezra Klein Show, 2/25/25

Key 2025 victories:

January: Democrats held the Virginia legislative majority and flipped an Iowa state Senate seat.
March: MVP partners helped hold the state House majority and flip a deep-red state Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
March: MVP partners helped Dems win and overperform in New Hampshire town elections and beat four GOP ballot measures in Louisiana.
April: MVP partners helped protect the 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, marking a turning point in the narrative against the Trump / Musk agenda.

Upcoming priorities:

Pennsylvania (5/20): Win primaries to retain a progressive county trifecta in Pittsburgh and defend a progressive District Attorney in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania (11/4): Retain liberals' 5-2 majority on the PA Supreme Court, with implications for redistricting, voting rights, and more.
Virginia (11/4): Win a Democratic trifecta by flipping the Governorship and holding the legislature.
Arizona (11/4): Win elections in Tucson Municipal Wards 5 & 3 to retain a progressive City Council.
Georgia (11/4): Elect progressives to the Public Service Commission, Atlanta Mayor & City Council, and school board races in Atlanta and elsewhere.
Maine (11/4): Win two ballot measures to 1) pass a gun-safety "red flag law" and 2) defeat GOP voter suppression attempts.

Unlike short-term candidate campaigns and TV ads that vanish after Election Day, the Battleground Alliance is powered by year-round, on-the-ground organizing, led in coordination by national and local organizations that can build long-lasting relationships, leadership, and community. This is how we build a lasting power base to not only win the toughest seats in 2026, but keep those seats long-term.

Who: A new alliance of dozens of national and local year-round organizing groups.
What: Campaigns to 1) push GOP House members to block MAGA bills in 2025, and 2) hold each rep accountable for their votes — by flipping their seats in 2026.
Where: 20+ competitive House districts, including (in order of 2024 victory margin): IA-01, CO-08, PA-07, PA-10, NE-02, AK-01, AZ-06, WI-03, CA-41, MI-07, IA-03, VA-02, AZ-01, NJ-07, WA-04, MI-10, NY-17, CA-22, WI-01, NY-01, and NY-11.
Why: We lost the House in 2024 by just 7,310 votes across three seats. By building and strengthening alliances of community, labor, and activist groups in the most narrowly-held GOP districts, we can stop the worst bills in 2025 — then make Trump a legislative lame duck by winning the House in 2026.

Sampling of Partners

AZ: Activate 48; AZ Working Families Party
CA: Battleground California
IA: Addition Collective Action Fund
MI: Detroit Action; Fund MI Future; MI Education Justice Coalition; Oakland Forward
NC: Down Home North Carolina
NJ: Make the Road New Jersey
NY: Battleground NY; Citizen Action of NY; Make the Road Action; NY Working Families Party
PA: Action Together NEPA; CASA in Action; One PA; PA Stands Up
VA: CASA in Action VA
WI: Citizen Action of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Farmers Union; Wisconsin Working Families Party
National: Community Change Action; Equality Federation; Indivisible; Working Families Party

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