Carolina Federation, a statewide organization focusing on urban and suburban areas across NC, has achieved its goal of knocking on 700,000 doors over a week before Election Day!

Carolina Federation is a core part of the state’s coordinated plan to knock on 4 million doors this year, a 4x increase over the field campaign in 2020. Their geographic focus this year has been on six diverse urban and suburban counties – Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, Cumberland, and New Hanover.

Carolina Federation

In July and August, their primary targeting was “Persuade to Candidate” voters — undecided voters who could be convinced to vote for Democrats up and down the ballot, particularly Black and Latino men.

Between September and Election Day, they have targeted a “Persuade to Vote” universe that includes traditional low-propensity Democratic voters, as well as poor and working-class voters of color who would traditionally be excluded from voter mobilization efforts because of their lower likelihood of turning out.

In a state where Trump won in 2020 by under 75,000 votes, efforts like these could be how Kamala Harris narrowly secures North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes this year — an outcome that could quite possibly spell “Game Over” for Trump.

Building Bottom-Up Power for the Long Haul

Beyond the top of the ticket, Carolina Federation and other MVP partners are focused on building Democratic and progressive power down-ballot as well. Our collective priorities in North Carolina are as follows:

• U.S. Senate: Build lasting infrastructure to flip both GOP seats in 2026 and 2028.
• U.S. House: Defend NC-01, a newly-vulnerable seat after extreme GOP gerrymandering.
• Governorship: Elect Democrat Josh Stein to the open seat.
• Legislature: Break the GOP supermajority by targeting the most competitive State House and State Senate seats and winning four out of five Senate districts (07, 11, 13, 18, 42) or four out of nine House districts (05, 24, 25, 32, 35, 37, 98, 105, 115).
• State Supreme Court: Re-elect Allison Riggs, one of two Democrats on the nine-member court.
• State Executive Offices: Re-elect Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and elect Democrat Jeff Jackson to the open Attorney General seat.

Carolina Federation – “Love Your Block” Neighborhood Cleanup

Victories like these are only possible with sustained investment. Earlier this year, when many Democratic funders had all but given up on North Carolina, MVP held steady. Now, thanks to donors’ support, we are in striking distance of electoral breakthroughs in the Tar Heel state.

The only way to build long-term political power is to expand the map, and year-round organizing groups like Carolina Federation are building the grassroots infrastructure to do just that.

Let’s keep it going! Contribute here to keep the funding flowing to local organizing — so we can win the November elections while building power for years to come.