Credible and reliable resources to help progressive activists message data and factual news. Strategy and communication TOOLS and TIPS Tools for Messaging and Communication 2024 Post-Election Report Data for Progress polling explains and contextualizes the 2024 election results and explanations of Trump's victory. (Source: Data for Progress) Messaging Guides: A valuable resource to learn the principles of persuasive and mobiliz ing messaging of political issues with examples for how to apply them. (Source: ASO Communications ) Perceptions on the Economy in Battleground States Likely voters in battleground districts are deeply pessimistic about the economy. This is challenging news for Democrats trying to overcome perception vs reality. Learn more on views of the economy in battleground from Navigator , a resource that develops and distributes progressive messages and polling on the most pressing issues. Social Media Storm Training Sign up for training with Field Team 6 and learn how to take part in a "social storm ." (Source: Field Team 6 ) Messaging Healthcare in Rural Communities Proven strategies for talking about sensitive issues such as abortion, and compelling statistics about why rural health care is failing, and what voters can do about it. (Source: RuralVote.org , advocating for rural people and rural places.) How Project 2025 Harms Pennsylvanians Two-page data set from the Center for American progress lays out real-world impacts for Pennsylvania. Information and Research Resources Republican Rip-Off Enter your Congressional District or address to see the actual impact in dollars on you from the the Republican budget. Note: the site is a bit fussy. To search, enter your district with the following syntax "PA-xx." Know Your Rights With ICE Multi-lingual information from Immigrant Defense Project explains what to do if ICE enters your home or lies to people. PSG Research and Publications A treasure trove of election research: PSG Consulting is one of the leading political strategists with research info on demographic trends, voter participation, electoral politics, and understanding the dynamics of the political operating environment. (Source: PSG Consulting) Interactive Detailed Map of 2024 Election See how U.S. neighborhoods voted by precinct level in the presidential election. (Source: NYTimes) Putting AI to Work for Progressive Causes: Examples of ChatGPT-generated messaging Advice about creating and supporting inclusive schools in PA: Pennsylvanians for Welcoming and Inclusive Schools (PA WInS) coalition seeks to engage more people to push back against the extremists. They offer advice, fact sheets, forms for reporting suspected discrimination, promising practices, and messaging guidance. How to Win Your Local Election Guide : NGPVAN, the company behind VoteBuilder (detailed voter information) and Mobilize (for promoting events) offers a free, and extensive 65-page guide. It describes everything from calculating a "win" number to targeting the right voters, precincts, campaign planning, communication strategies, and more. Gun Control Violence Prevent Scorecard : Find out your legislators' views on gun control. Use TikTok or Reels to share scores of local representatives with young volunteers and voters and ask them to call or text their representatives and urge them to enact common sense gun control. (Source: CeaseFirePA ) W hy Judges Matter! Use this interactive tool to discover how the judges you elect have a direct impact on issues that matter to you most, including abortion, civil liberties, and education. Go ahead and select a topic! Free Precinct-Level Voting Data Check out D ave's Redistricting, a free interactive and powerful website to help evaluate the fairness of proposed redistricting maps. Activists can use it to guide voter registration, ballot chasing, or even volunteer recruitment. (Sponsored by Social Good Fund. ) Running Campaigns in Small Towns and Rural Communities RuralOrganizing.org has an impressive track record or research and action driving the Progressive agenda in rural areas. Download their campaign toolkit here and other Rural Organizing resource s from their website. (Source: Rural Organizing. ) Who Tried to Kill Local Infrastructure Projects? Find the names of MAGA Republicans who tried to kill local infrastructures that are now benefitting Pennsylvania. The Democracy Labs has mapped almost 27K projects across the country, including many in PA, and overlaid it with the Republicans who voted to kill the bill. Shame on you Mike Kelly, Glenn Thompson, Guy Reschenthaler, John Joyce, Fred Keller, Scott Perry, Dan Meuser, Lloyd Smucker! (Source: Democracy Labs ) Opportunities to Get Involved / Volunteer Ground Truth canvassing Join a rebirth of canvassing with Ground Truth (sign up here) canvassing and learn how to gather more and better information from voters and aggregate and share that data with any campaign or oganization. (Source: Swing Left ) Run for local office Contest Every Race is on a mission to ensure Democrats are in every race. Of the 520,000 elected offices in the U.S., Democrats compete in only 50%, which leaves nearly 100,000 races uncontested every year. In 2024 , there were 93 races for seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that went uncontested, which included 43 seats occupied by Republicans. In 2025 , CER launched a recruitment campaign in Pennsylvania, which still continues. Perhaps it's a leap, but one worth taking with their support and resources. (Source: Contest Every Race ) Call your reps! It may seem hopeless to call your representatives if you are a constituent in a red or purple state. But their staffers are required to tally calls on each issue and report them. Send a message! Make a difference by using tips from Calls with Friends to call your representatives and have your friends call as well. The support, motivation, and script is here . In addition, you can be a host with materials and engage volunteers to help with calls. BallotReady Register voters online! (Source: Indivisible ) MurMur's Gen Z Activist Network Learn how to empower young people to be effective messengers. Gen Z Activist Network offers technical and strategic tools, training, and resources to ensure Gen Z voices are heard throughout the 2024 election. Overcome your Phone Banking Fears! This video can help! QUICK TIPS! Fly your flag! It's a great way to "take back" the patriotic brand from the far right. Have a pressing issue? Host a public conversation with local political leaders to discuss it. Let AI work for progressive causes! See sample AI-generated organization description and voter registration outreach to inspire opportunities. Adopt a Democrat! As we gear up for our next elections, too many likely Democrats may sit on the sidelines. Encourage distracted or dismayed voters to make their voices heard in the voting booth or via their mail-in ballots. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter," Martin Luther King, Jr. Distribute literature - at the laundromat! Looking for public places to leave your literature. Try your local laundromats where people waiting for their laundry are likely to read it. Corral press coverage for your event! The national progressive group, Indivisible , has tips on how to get press coverage for your events - coverage that will make your member of Congress and other lawmakers sit up and pay attention. What have you done for me? Create a poll card list of candidate accomplishments specific to your county or locality. See sample from Delaware County, PA. Create compelling posters! Instead of the usual name and bio handouts at polls, display a poster with tangible positive things your candidate has done for your community. See sample displayed for winning candidates at polls in Delaware County, PA. Create good vibes by adopting a road! Delaware Valley Action in Pike County, PA, sponsored a cleanup of two roads. Signs posted on both roads now identify DVA as the sponsor, generating name recognition and good vibes with every driver that passes. Contact your township supervisor or county commissioner to adopt your own road, or the PA Department of Transportation's "Adopt a Highway " program for state roads. How to elect Progressives in rural districts! Better funding, off-cycle organizing, focusing on local issues and emotional appeals can help elect Progressives even in red, rural areas. Read key takeaways from 2022 election . Share the importance of voting for state representatives and not just national congressional and presidential races. A survey by Sister District and Data for Progress found that liberals vote in national congressional and presidential, but fail to understand the importance of voting further down the ballot for state candidates. Learn more. Identify PA's public officials who participated in election denial activities. Who are they and learn how they've impacted you. Spread why you're voting for Democrats on social media.

Join the movement to flip Pennsylvania blue and help elect Democratic candidates in PA. Support the candidates we're fighting for in 2024 and defeat Trump to save democracy! JOIN US Let's win the midterms! We are working now to win competitive PA House seats in 2026 Learn how you can help! Opportunity Calls! Join a rebirth of canvassing with Ground Truth! Swing Left's Ground Truth canvassing program knocks every door, gathers more and better information about more voters, aggregates and shares that data with any campaign or organization that needs it. To reach all the voters we need to, we are starting our canvassing in Allentown in January, 2026. If you are even remotely interested in falling in love with canvassing again -- or for the first time -- please click here.

Massachusetts grassroots organization seeks to volunteers to help flip Pennsylvania seats in 2026 midterms. Let's win the midterms! In 2026, we aim to win at least three Congressional seats in PA to help take back the U.S. House of Representatives and to begin undoing the damage Donald Trump has done to our country. Partnering with, and taking the lead from our Pennsylvania partners, we will continually remind voters: How Donald Trump and Pennsylvania’s MAGA Congressional reps have made them less prosperous, less safe, and less healthy. How Democrats have done and will do a better job for them and their families. And to tell this story in more ways – especially social media – that reach voters where they get their information today. Click here to join us! MAFlipPA volunteers are needed! We will distribute these messages through everything from social media to text banks and mailers, tailoring the messaging and format to various voter groups. Starting today, here’s how you can help. Do web research, email, and phone interviews to find and publicize stories like this about how Trump is harming our could harm Pennsylvanians. Use similar web reporting, emails, and phone interviews to show how Democratic policies are helping Pennsylvanians , and share reports from messaging experts on how to do this effectively. Create, edit, and share social media content that helps reach younger and diverse volunteers with messaging that drives engagement and voting. From Georgia to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, we’ve seen how consistent, long-term, locally focused efforts win at the ballot box. Join us and our local partners in Pennsylvania so on Nov. 5, 2026, you can say YOU helped empower the House to fight Trump and MAGA and WIN! Join our email list and tell us how you’d like to help here. Canvas with us ! As part of Swing Left's Ground Truth campaign , we will be joining them in the rebirth of canvassing : Knocking doors, gathering more and better information about more voters, aggregating and sharing that data with any campaign or organization that needs it.

Youtube link On December 9, 2025, Trump kicked off his nationwide affordability tour in Mount Airy, PA. I, as well as many others, were looking forward to hearing his plans to curtail the escalating costs of groceries, gas, rent, utilities, child care, and healthcare. Instead he downright lied, claiming the failing economic numbers as a hoax.  Is it?   Let’s present facts as a counter to Trump’s Big Lie, or in this case, his avoidance of affordability.  Do you really feel like prices are going down?  Maybe you think that nobody really believed they would go down on day one of his presidency as he promised; because really, how is that ever feasible?  But we’re now more than 11 months into his administration and prices continue to go up. I know I feel it significantly, and to say it’s concerning would be an understatement.    So, let me provide some sad truths to my fellow Pennsylvanians.  A recent analysis done this year by Consumer Affairs has concluded that grocery prices increased 5.3% year over year.  However, grocery inflation has varied from state to state.  And, Pennsylvania has taken first place.  In PA, prices taken in 15 grocery categories in the study have gone up 8.2% in the last 12 months.   The analysis also pointed out that grocery prices for rural areas were up 7.6% in the past 12 months, compared to only 5.7% for residents of large cities.  This is most likely due to lack of competition in rural areas, but creates more of a hardship because household income is usually lower in rural areas.  The study found that the biggest rise in grocery prices came in zip codes where the average income is $35,000 to $50,000 (which is the lowest income range that was tracked).   So if you’re feeling that prices are high, I want to confirm that it’s not just a feeling, but a fact!  Source: Consumer Affairs: Journal of Consumer Research

On Dec 17, 2025, the PA House of Representatives passed a bill that would put a referendum before voters on adding specific abortion rights language to the state constitution that could protect abortion rights that were overturned in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization which overturned abortion rights found in Roe V. Wade. However, the measure will not be taken up to the Republican-majority Senate. The bill would give voters the option to enshrine their pre-Dobbs rights into the state constitution. The proposed constitutional language that would go before voters states that "every individual has the fundamental right to exercise personal reproductive liberty, including the chance to end a pregnancy, use contraceptives, or receive fertility care and that the commonwealth "may not deny, burden, infringe upon... this right..." It further states that "... in no circumstance shall the commonwealth prohibit an abortion, that in the professional judgment of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protec the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual." This is a referendum worth following for those interested in protecting women's rights and women's health and who should be making these decisions. Constitutional amendments must be passed by both chambers of legislature before it is put to the voters on the next ballot. Sessions are two years between legislative elections. It is critical that Democrats win a majority in both chambers in 2026 so that abortion rights language could be passed in the 2027-28 session. Source: PennLive, PA House caps 2025 with passage of a proposed abortion-rights referendum , Dec 18, 2025.

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