I’ve volunteered a lot for VoteForward’s get out the vote letter writing campaigns over the years and I’ve encouraged many, many folks to join in. So this is big news to me:
Apparently VoteForward studied the 2024 results and have determined their letters were NOT as effective as they hoped in increasing turnout. From an Atlantic article today (Yahoo link):
Vote Forward estimates that it drove an additional 9,000 voters to the polls nationwide. As paltry as that number might seem, it’s larger than the total margin of victory in the battle for control of the House during each of the past two elections. The letter-writing program is also relatively inexpensive, costing about $175,000 for printing and stamps as part of a total Vote Forward budget of around $3.4 million. The group has concluded that although it will still use the tactic in small campaigns, it likely will not do so in the same way in 2028.
VoteForward is holding a debrief meeting tonight, June 9 at 8 pm ET, to “share the results of our 2024 letter writing campaign and what comes next” – you can sign up here. mobilize.us/s/wNlmAU
I give VoteForward a lot of credit for being transparent about this. I’m very interested to see what they have to see and hope you’ll join me in attending the meeting.
