2024 Super State Strategy
In 2024, the path to victory runs through 12 key states: the Swing Left Super States. We need to win in these states because they will have the greatest impact on the federal and state-level balance of power.
This November, our 12 Super States are:
- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—presidential swing states that also include additional target federal or state-level races.
- Montana and Ohio—states key to a U.S. Senate majority.
- California and New York—states key to a U.S. House majority.
Winning in our Super States—where volunteer time and resources can be most effectively deployed to secure majorities—is how we will:
Protect the U.S. Senate Democratic majority
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Win back the U.S. House of Representatives
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Strengthen democracy at the state level
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How we'll win—and how you can help
We're focusing our efforts on two tactics we know win elections: raising money for competitive candidates and engaging voters in key states and Swing Districts, from wherever you are.
Raising money for competitive candidates
Every dollar raised to mobilize volunteers and engage voters in our Super States can help generate votes across multiple levels of the ballot for maximum impact. Our fundraising strategy focuses on directing grassroots dollars as early as possible to the official Democratic nominees in the most competitive races. After all, we're focused on winning Democratic majorities—meaning we invest in general elections, not primaries.
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2024 Immediate Impact Fund
Make a strategic investment in Democrats running up and down the ballot. 100% of your donation will go directly to support the most competitive Super State races.
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Want to see more funds? All of our strategic funds ensure your contributions go directly to the most competitive candidates, where and when grassroots dollars are most impactful.
Mobilizing volunteers and engaging voters
Swing Left organizers work with tens of thousands of volunteers and more than 400 local volunteer-led groups nationwide, providing strategic focus to their organizing efforts, offering training and guidance on high-impact tactics, and supporting their membership growth and sustainability. Here's what that looks like:
Leveraging in-person tactics including door-to-door canvassing and relational organizing:
In 2017, Swing Left was created to help volunteers find their closest Swing District and knock on doors to help flip the U.S. House. Door-to-door canvassing continues to be the most effective form of scaleable voter contact, but canvassing numbers have been down since the pandemic. For Democrats to win competitive races in 2024, we need to connect face-to-face with more voters—and our volunteers are ready to go!
In addition to supporting our groups’ year-round canvassing programs, Swing Left organizes canvass kickoff events to energize volunteers—with the help of high-profile special guests—and bus trips to help canvassers reach the most competitive districts. For our college groups, we provide free canvassing transportation through carpools and buses, as well as training for college groups to help engage fellow students as first-time canvassers.
Swing Left is also supercharging our local groups’ canvassing efforts with relational organizing techniques. In our early canvassing program, volunteers collect pledges to encourage friends and family to vote, which are mailed back to pledge-takers as a reminder shortly before Election Day. During the early voting period, we use a new and highly effective relational tactic called “high-traffic on-the-spot” turnout canvassing, where volunteers offer pedestrians an incentive to text their friends a reminder to vote immediately.
Connecting with "Surge Voters" at scale to increase voter turnout:
Surge Voters are the millions of Americans who were motivated to vote following the 2016 election—and are key to winning in Super States in 2024 and building long-term power.
We'll reach Surge Voters in Super States through letter writing campaigns designed by our affiliate organization Vote Forward, as well as national volunteer events hosted by Swing Left, and direct voter contact led in partnership with state parties, coordinated committees, and individual campaigns. Vote Forward will also run experimental letter campaigns to explore additional approaches to high-impact voter outreach, including voter registration letters, candidate-focused persuasion letters, and letters that layer into hybrid voter contact and turnout programs.
Ready to get involved?
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Knock, call, and write to voters across the country to make an impact in Super States.
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Donate to key races
Support Democratic candidates in the most competitive races today.
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Join Swing Left
We need you on our team to win in 2024 and beyond. Connecting with volunteers and voters in Swing Districts year after year—building and developing organizing muscle—gives our community the power to move the needle in the most competitive races.
