Amazing numbers from vote.org!

[Pinback]

Per email from vote.org —

American voters are incredibly energized, and Vote.org’s programs to register them are capturing a historic surge. Here’s what we’re seeing behind the scenes:

• 700% spike in voter registrations after President Joe Biden said he wouldn’t seek reelection


• 146,000 new voters registered on Vote.org in one week


• 83% of new voters registered on Vote.org are 18-34 years old


• 257,000 more 18-year-old voters registered through July than at the same point in the last election cycle

Wow! Great momentum. https://www.vote.org/

[flying_wahini]

1. I'd hate to jinx anything but this is TREMENDOUS!

[GPV]

2. It is, and I bet money picking Pete would boost it again.

[Sky Jewels]

6. Walz is the one to get Gen Z on fire!

[Sogo]

3. That isn't Musk's bogus site, is it???

nt.

[mucifer]

4. If he didn't have a gazillion dollars I bet he'd go to prison for doing that.

[Pinback]

10. Um, no. Info from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote.org

Vote.org, formerly Long Distance Voter, is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is based in the United States. It provides online voter guides for every state, including voter registration forms, absentee ballot applications, and information on deadlines, directions, and ID and residency requirements. The organization is best known for large-scale voter registration programs, registering 4 million voters in the 2020 election cycle alone.

History
Vote.org was founded by Debra Cleaver in 2008. The organization was named Long Distance Voter at the time, and sought to increase voter turnout by providing greater access to absentee voting information online. The organization was volunteer-run and did not have any full time staff from 2008-2016. Cleaver became the first full-time employee in January 2016.

Long Distance Voter relaunched as Vote.org in April 2016, and was accepted into Y Combinator in June 2016. The mission was updated to reflect a new goal of 100% voter turnout. During the Y Combinator demo day, Cleaver pitched the then-novel use of unsolicited text messages as a way of registering voters. In Fall 2016, Vote.org worked with Hustle to run a nationwide SMS peer-to-peer voter registration program in which they sent millions of text messages to unregistered voters. The program was then expanded to include polling place location information for registered voters. A quantitative evaluation of this program found that these messages increased turnout by 0.2 percentage points. Since then, Vote.org has run many experiments, primarily using randomized controlled trials (RCTs) measuring the effectiveness of voter turnout tactics and messaging.

Taylor Swift has partnered with vote.org in the 2024 election cycle:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/taylor-swift-told-fans-register-vote-vote-35k/story?id=103379385

[AKwannabe]

23. Vote.org?

Nope

[Sky Jewels]

5. Wait! David Axelrod says to tamp down the excitement!

Of course, David Axelrod can go fuck himself…

[democratsruletheday]

21. Amen to that SJ....Axelpuke is a real

buzz killer. Eff that guy.

[dem4decades]

7. Yet Florida law threatens people to stop them from registering new voters with jail. s

There's troubling clouds on the horizon.

[OrlandoDem2]

9. This is why the GOP will be 1M registrants ahead of us very soon.

[dem4decades]

12. That's discouraging. Then why any talk of a "blue" Florida?

[AKwannabe]

24. Data? Link?

Facts?

[OrlandoDem2]

26. This is from June 2004. 900K registered Reps ahead in FL.

https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2024-06-02/republican-voter-edge-in-florida-is-more-than-900-000

The data or facts are not hard to find.

Last I read is that they are closing in on 1M.

The FL Democratic Party is inept.

They haven’t won a statewide election in 12 years (Obama). Haven’t won a gubernatorial contest in 30 (1994 - Lawton Chiles). They haven’t won a Senatorial contest in something like 16 years - whenever Bill Nelson last won.

Meanwhile even ruby red Kentucky and Kansas have elected a Democratic governor. Alabama has had a Democratic Senator (Jones). But in Florida it has been pitiful.

[Frank D. Lincoln]

13. That 'law' sounds unconstitutional.

Is anyone challenging it?

Might need to get democratic attorney Marc Elias on it.

[radical noodle]

18. This from the League of Women Voters

https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/victory-judge-permanently-blocks-part-floridas-restrictive-voting-law

article date May 15, 2024.

VICTORY: Judge Permanently Blocks Part of Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Targeting Nonpartisan Florida Voter Registration Groups

Today, a federal judge permanently blocked a severely restrictive provision of Florida’s anti-voter law, SB7050, that targeted nonpartisan civic engagement groups with substantial fines if non-citizens — including legal permanent residents — helped with nonpartisan voter registration drives.

I hope this is still true.

[Frank D. Lincoln]

20. Thanks for the information.

These types of victories are important.

[OrlandoDem2]

8. We need voter registration throughout GA, NC, Philly, Detroit, Madison, Phoenix, and LV.

We can win! Yes we can!

[lees1975]

11. There have been all kinds of signs and signals just about everywhere that enthusiasm for Trump was down and

I don't think he'd have been able to pull the votes together to beat Biden. Here's my thinking---

The mid-terms didn't come close to fulfilling the dire, traditional prediction that the party in power always loses big. That could hardly be called a loss, in light of past experience.

Democrats were winning special elections and referendum votes at a pace not seen since the 60's.

During the primaries, Trump rarely got past 80% of the vote when he was the only candidate left in the race. The others got a solid 20% of the vote across the board, leaving him with less than 80% of the GOP primary vote. The exit polling, which is specifically directed at voters on specific questions, showed a strong opposition within the GOP, as it appears there is a part of the moderate end of the party that he's not going to get and can't win without.

He's not done well among independents.

His rallies have fallen flat, even with free admission now, and his social media voice is faltering badly.

Now, put in the enthusiasm that Harris' campaign has generated, her approval numbers, favorability numbers for those of you who think the polls are actual predictors of election results, and believe the apologetic and cover up that they produce when they're wrong, and you can draw some reasonable conclusions.

I won't jinx anything, but it's hard not to be happy.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

15. I agree. Your post isn't 'Hopium'

It seems to be a level headed view of where we are. Just remember, after 3 years of a terrible depression and an uncaring government, Hoover got just under 40%. It's not going to be that kind of blowout. It'll be 54-46 give or take.

[PCIntern]

16. But but but...

Jonathan Lemire said that “the party in power nearly always has substantial losses in the midterms”. He said it fifty million times.

[wordstroken]

14. In a word: Spectacular!!

We are not going back!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

17. GOP "how do you make vote.org illegal"?

[sheshe2]

19. This is great news.

We can do this.

[riverkittenDem]

22. Amazing.

[Rubyshoo]

25. Yeah Baby !!!