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November 25, 2024
The Guardian: “Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it”
MVP was featured in an essay in The Guardian by organizer Astra Taylor, in which she argues that "voter outreach needs to be people- and place-centered... issue-focused and year-round, not scaled in e...
November 01, 2024
Grassroots Groups Know How to Win This Campaign—Do They Have What They Need to Pull It Off?
Days before the election, MVP and our local partners were featured prominently in The Nation. The subheadline says it all: "The Harris-Walz campaign needs every vote it can get. But the groups that do...
October 17, 2024
“We’re going to win by 10,000 votes” – New Podcast Interview with Billy Wimsatt, MVP Executive Director
Billy Wimsatt, MVP founder and executive director, just sat down for a podcast interview with Jason Sattler of the popular earlyworm politics website to discuss the state of the race and why local org...
October 01, 2024
Democratic Groups to Harris: Funding Shortfall Could Lose the Election
Newsweek just covered the public plea put out by MVP and our partner Blue Tent to the Harris campaign and Democratic Super PACs, to address a critical fundraising shortfall in the local voter organiza...
August 23, 2024
MVP quoted in Hollywood Reporter: “Would a Taylor Swift Endorsement Actually Impact the Presidential Race?”
MVP was given the last word in The Hollywood Reporter's piece, "Would a Taylor Swift Endorsement Actually Impact the Presidential Race?" Our response in a nutshell: "A little Tay can go a long way, bu...
July 27, 2024
‘Gen Z feels the Kamalove’: Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters
MVP and several of our on-the-ground partner organizations were featured in this widely-shared Associated Press article, following the first week of VP Kamala Harris's candidacy for the Presidency....
May 30, 2024
‘A political earthquake’: Will Trump guilty verdicts make an impact in close California races?
SF Chronicle just quoted MVP in their piece on the political consequences of Trump's conviction. "Many left-leaning groups blasted out joyous emails and social media posts celebrating the verdict — an...
May 24, 2024
Here’s how blue state voters can help the Democrats’ swing-state efforts
In this Boston Globe piece on how blue-state Democrats can make the most impact on the 2024 elections, columnist Scot Lehigh makes the case for investing in local organizing through Movement Voter Pro...
May 22, 2024
Funders Must Step Up to Engage Pro-Equality Voters This Year
MVP's 501(c)(3) sister entity, Movement Voter Fund, was featured in an op-ed in Inside Philanthropy co-authored by Arcus Foundation and Equality Federation. The op-ed discusses the urgent need for U.S...
May 14, 2024
The Courageous Giving Framework: A Philanthropic Strategy to Build a Just Democracy
In Nonprofit Quarterly, fundraising consultant Marsha Davis just shouted out Movement Voter Project as a top vehicle for funding grassroots voter engagement, as a key strategy for maintaining and buil...
February 21, 2024
Columnist Sara Weinberger: A movement that’s all local ground game
MVP supporter and op-ed columnist Sara Weinberger just published a glowing endorsement of MVP in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the premier daily news source for the Massachusetts Pioneer Valley. In her...
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'....