2024 Post-Mortem

Since the 2024 elections, the MVP team has received hundreds of questions from donors, volunteers, partners, and friends. We have synthesized them into 15 questions below, along with our “real-talk” responses. We hope this is a useful addition to our preliminary 2024 Report and 2025-2026 plans.

Answering these questions is as difficult as it is essential. We are in an incredibly challenging situation in which no one – literally no one in the world – has easy solutions. Points of clarity are emerging but our assessment is still preliminary. We are continuing to analyze why we lost, evaluate our own and our grantee partners’ work, and make audacious and thoughtful plans to upgrade our strategy for 2025-2028 and beyond. 

Even as we assess our 2024 losses and the strategic changes needed moving forward, MVP’s core strategy of investing in local organizing remains a critical part of the solution. It’s not the full solution. We are investigating a broad array of strategic approaches. But there is no doubt that a well-funded, year-round local organizing infrastructure is one essential component in a larger strategy for winning elections, building power that lasts, and fueling policy change. 

And, while conventional political giving sinks dollars into ads that vanish after Election Day, our investments strengthen marginalized communities and the people-powered organizations that help form the bedrock of our democracy.

We are interested in hearing your feedback, and we welcome additional questions. You can submit a question here or by emailing mvp@movement.vote.