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Bat Signal 2026

May 15, 2026

Bat Signal 2026: Our chance to win back everything!

2026 is our best shot at a comeback — likely for years to come. But the groups that could tip the scales are underfunded. MVP's Billy Wimsatt lays out the crisis — and why there is hope.

September 6, 2024

Bat Signal 4: Democrats’ underfunded ground game

In the final stretch before the election, our most glaring vulnerability on the Democratic side is a deep lack of funding for independently-run, locally-based voter mobilization efforts. We can solve this if we act quickly and spread the word.

June 27, 2024

Bat Signal 3: Sliding doors

This election will likely be won or lost by 10,000 votes – the "margin of effort." Here’s our take on the political situation, the money situation, and how we rebuild our divided team. Our big play: An all-hands-on-deck effort to support hundreds of organizations to run the biggest (emotionally intelligent!) voter turnout and persuasion effort in history.

January 30, 2024

Bat Signal 2: The Biggest Investment Ever

The well-respected donor publication Blue Tent just published a shortened version of MVP's most recent 2024 elections memo, 'Bat Signal 2: The Biggest Investment Ever'.

Organizer marching with a megaphone. Credit: Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA)

December 21, 2023

Bat Signal 2: The biggest investment ever

A non-depressing take on the 2024 elections!

September 22, 2023

MVP featured in Chop Wood Carry Water

In her Chop Wood Carry Water newsletter, prominent progressive activist Jess Craven just shouted out "The Bat Signal memo," MVP's urgent call to action to invest in 2023 to win big in 2024.

September 19, 2023

An Urgent Message for Progressive and Democratic Donors

Blue Tent, the trusted website for progressive donor recommendations, just published "The Bat Signal memo," MVP's urgent call to action to invest in 2023 to win big in 2024.

September 6, 2023

Sending up the Bat Signal

The bad news: We have a five-alarm fire going into 2024. The good news: We can save the country and usher in a new Progressive Era.

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