PRESS RELEASE from America Votes
For Immediate Release
5 November 2008
Contact: Kate Snyder, 202-962-7258
America Votes Coalition’s Grassroots Field Campaigns Fuel Historic Progressive Gains in 2008
The America Votes partners, over 40 of the most powerful progressive organizations in the country, led an unprecedented grassroots campaign throughout 2008 that helped achieve historic progressive gains from the White House to Congress to key gubernatorial and state legislative races and ballot initiatives.
States |
Doors Knocked |
Phone Calls |
Mail Contacts |
Total Contacts |
AZ |
164,010 |
114,988 |
1,045,000 |
1,323,998 |
CO |
619,144 |
1,872,449 |
2,418,600 |
4,910,193 |
FL |
2,402,164 |
297,975 |
930,865 |
3,631,004 |
MI |
956,158 |
558,634 |
2,133,141 |
3,647,933 |
MN |
422,653 |
710,870 |
5,350,641 |
6,484,164 |
MO |
56,309 |
257,857 |
870,098 |
1,184,264 |
NV |
77,394 |
488,300 |
523,337 |
1,089,031 |
NH |
692,638 |
318,843 |
2,171,139 |
3,182,620 |
NM |
170,415 |
830,726 |
1,110,440 |
2,111,581 |
OH |
2,235,206 |
499,772 |
7,973,968 |
10,708,946 |
OR |
2,215,100 |
882,900 |
10,019,879 |
13,117,879 |
PA |
1,301,245 |
839,336 |
967,435 |
3,108,016 |
VA |
63,322 |
562,812 |
1,352,889 |
1,979,023 |
WI |
740,676 |
2,229,235 |
3,003,124 |
5,973,035 |
Total |
12,116,434 |
10,464,697 |
39,870,556 |
62,451,687 |
Important note: AV’s labor partners and Working America conducted hundreds of millions of additional contacts to their members that were essential to progressive victories across the country and in many key states. Those member contacts are not included in the table. |
America Votes State Highlights:
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For specific state or organization information please contact Kate Snyder at 202-962-7258.
America Votes national coalition partners: 21st Century Democrats, ACORN, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Alliance for Retired Americans, American Association for Justice, American Federation of Teachers, American Hunters and Shooters Association, Americans United for Change, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with the Million Mom March, Campaign for America's Future, Campaign for Community Change, Change to Win, Civic Participation Campaign, Clean Water Action, Communities for Quality Education, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, Democracy for America, EMILY's List, Human Rights Campaign, INDN’s List, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, League of Conservation Voters, League of Education Voters, League of Young Voters, LULAC, MoveOn.org Political Action, My Rural America, NAACP National Voter Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Association of Social Workers, National Education Association, National Jewish Democratic Council, NDN, People For the American Way, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Progressive Majority, Progressive Future, ProgressNow Action, SEIU, Sierra Club, USAction, VoteVets Action Fund, Women's Campaign Forum, Women's Voices. Women Vote, Working America, Young Democrats of America.