This week, Kevin McCarthy (R) elbowed Rep. Burchett (R) in the kidneys, Republican Sen. Mullin (R) challenged a Teamsters leader to a fistfight and had to be restrained by Bernie Sanders – (never thought I’d write that phrase) – and Rep. George “Indicted-on-23-Felony-Counts” Santos (R) announced he will not seek re-election.

On the other side of the aisle, a large majority of Democratic votes passed a budget resolution to keep the federal government open, averting catastrophic shutdown.

Republicans are the party of violence, corruption, and chaos.

Democrats are the party of democracy, competence, and results.

This is why we need to WIN IT ALL in ‘24 – by registering Democrats in swing states and districts!

In this week’s Strategy Briefing, Field Team 6 luminary Patti Crane presented game-changing insights into the power of our outreach. These discoveries were unearthed in a deep data dive led by former Apple Coder and current Field Team 6 Supervolunteer Peter Hosey. The top lines:

In the ‘22 cycle, we reached out to over 5 million unregistered, likely Democrats… and 1.69 million of them – 33.6% – wound up getting registered as Democrats or progressive independents. Staggering success!

And it made a huge difference. Case Study: in battleground Arizona, 127,051 new Democratic voters registered after Field Team 6 outreach. Senator Mark Kelly’s victory margin was 125,719 votes. Secretary of State Adrian Fontes beat an insurrectionist by 120,208 votes. Governor Katie Hobbs won by 17,117 votes. 

As far as digital outreach method comparisons, we found that each method was effective – postcard, phone call, text, and email. But as for the single most effective combination? 49.1% of the people who received email and text wound up registering as a Democratic voter. This is an incredibly significant, hard-won learning based on a massive sample size of 4.78 million. 

All of these learnings will improve our outreach, ensuring Field Team 6 continues to offer the most bang for every volunteer hour and donor dollar. We! Win! Elections!

BYOP TEXTING: NEW & IMPROVED!

Back in 2021, we asked ourselves, “Why can’t we text for free?!” A little spit & baling wire later, and BYOP texting was born! Deb Verla started weekly BYOP trainings right away that continue to this day.

Over time, more people joined, and to date we’ve sent hundreds of thousands of free texts.

Just now, two genius supervolunteers created a whole new Chrome extension that is more stable, easier to use, and has some neat functions, like tracking the number of texts you’ve sent! FUN! We’re launching this at today’s 3p PT BYOP training, and you can RSVP HERE!

CAN YOU HOST A FIELD TEAM 6-MAS PARTY?

If we want to win it all in ‘24, we need to register all the Democrats we can – and to do that, we need to raise funds and awareness of Field Team 6! That’s why founder Jason Berlin is hellbent on holding 20 friend-raiser meetings on Zoom by the end of the year!

Can you host one of these 20 meetings? Just think of one to five friends (that’s it!) who are engaged in politics and might want to help, pick a date (or two), and we’ll set up a Zoom! Jason will do a 10-minute pitch for Field Team 6, our achievements, our ‘24 plans, and how you and your friends can help by donating (or volunteering), and will answer all questions. And that’s it! A meeting usually lasts 30 minutes.

These awareness-raising, fundraising meetings meetings can turbocharge Field Team 6 for 2024, all before the holiday break! Can you help? Email us HERE with "FT6-MAS ZOOM PARTY" in the subject, and we’ll be eternally grateful!

DEMOCRATS ABROAD: LET'S GET THEM A FLYER AND REGISTER A BUNCH TO VOTE

Did you know that there are 4.8 million Americans living abroad, 3 million of voting age? Did you know that lots of them are likely Democrats and aren’t registered or don't know they can vote?

Because you might know someone who is an expat, we’ve created a downloadable, printable and shareable flyer for all of your friends to hand out at Parisian expat parties, post in Indonesian laundry rooms, and pin up at Canadian poutine emporiums! Find it HERE and send it to every American you know living outside the states!

TODAY, NOVEMBER 16: GET HAPPY FOR TENNESSEE

The first Tennessee Happy Hour was such a hit, we're doing it again! Gloria Johnson, one of the amazing Tennessee 3, will be coming! What?! Can we get her elected to the US Senate with this kind of excitement? Darned tootin'! So log in Thursday, November 16, from 6-7p ET to hear stories from amazing organizers and local candidates in the state, plus find out how we can help them reach their goals! Click HERE to sign up, and we’ll see you there, rain or (moon)shine!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30: CALL PEOPLE WHO LOVE US

Volunteers are our lifeblood! Sometimes we need to call them to whisper sweet reminders. "We need you...come back to us..." This new, weekly re-engagement phonebank is to call BYOP textbankers who fell by the wayside. Our first mission? We wanna tell 'em all about the improved BYOP program! Our Big Vision: get 1,000 people sending 100 free texts a day, so we are sending 100,000 free texts a day. At that rate, in 2 months we reach all 6 million people with cellphones in our database. Sign up HERE – it's Thursday, November 30 at 1p PT.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5: FT6 5TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Five years ago, we started this incredible journey together. And look how much we've accomplished in half a decade! From the 2018 Blue Wave to booting Trump in 2020 to crushing the 2023 elections, there's so much to celebrate. And the best is yet to come! So join us Tuesday, December 5, from 5-6p PT for some trivia, drinks, walks down memory lane, and, of course, a registry! Sign up HERE.

IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES!

Register Democrats on the ground in cities all over CA!

VOTER DRIVE TRAINING

Learn on Zoom to lead your own voter drive

on the ground in all of our 2024 target states:

AZ, CA, GA, MI, MT, NC, NV, NY, OH, PA, WI, and WV!

PHONE BANKING

Call likely Dems in AZ, GA, LA, NY, OH and PA

and get them registered to vote!

Join our workshops designed to reduce your phone banking phear

and increase your phone banking phun!

POSTCARDING

We're registering Dems in all of our 2024 target states and more!

Join us at our virtual postcarding parties on Wednesdays and Sundays!

SOCIAL STORMING

Got ten minutes?

Help us reach another 4 billion impressions this cycle -

all from the comfort of your social media accounts! 

Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our Zoom trainings!

No social media experience required!

TEXT BANKING

BYOP Text Banking to

AZ, CA, NC, CO, FL, IL, KY, LA, MS, NJ, OK and TN

and weekly text arcades to AZ and CA ($25 = 1400 texts)

Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get up-to-the-minute details and sign up!

Let's do this!

BLUE VOTER GUIDE SCORES! 75K VOTERS SUPERCHARGED

BlueVoterGuide.org, our secret turnout weapon, has helped over 75,000 voters to supercharge their ballots to date. Not bad for a one-year old!

Active in nine swing states in its 2022 debut, and eight more in 2023 (including in all of the big wins last Tuesday), Blue Voter Guide helps young, low-information, and first-time voters to overcome their voting hesitancy. Works great for longtime voters, too.

Enter your address and Blue Voter Guide lists endorsements from trusted progressive orgs next to every candidate, judge, and proposition on your ballot – allowing voting decisions in minutes instead of hours.

Blue Voter Guide will be active in all 50 states in the 2024 elections.

New goal? Help 75 million users to supercharge their voting in ‘24! You can help by connecting us to potential partners and donors – info@bluevoterguide.org – visit https://www.fieldteam6.org/printable-tools and scroll down to check out our stickers and postcards. Or order stickers, tees and more at our store HERE.