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UNITE HERE, union that knocked on doors of 3 million voters — including 575,000 in Philadelphia — celebrates victory for @JoeBiden/@KamalaHarris
“The key takeaway from this election is that workers saved our democracy.”
#TakeBack2020 #VotersDecided
UNITE HERE, union that knocked on doors of 3 million voters — including 575,000 in Philadelphia — celebrates victory for @JoeBiden/@KamalaHarris
“The key takeaway from this election is that workers saved our democracy.”
#TakeBack2020 #VotersDecided
UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, organized the country’s largest union-door-to-door canvassing operation, paving the way to a clear path to victory for Joe Biden.
In Pennsylvania, the state that clinched victory for the democratic candidates, UNITE HERE canvassers knocked on the doors of 575,000 voters. These mostly Black and Brown workers made the critical difference in defeating Trump in Pennsylvania.
UNITE HERE has been preparing for the 2020 election since 2016, identifying several areas for targeted door-to-door outreach. Among them were cities now critical to the outcome of the current race: Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In those key areas, UNITE HERE canvassers got out on the doors first, starting a ground game as early as July in NV & AZ to turn out voters who did not cast ballots in 2016. In Philly, the operation began Oct. 1 and grew dramatically from 50 to 500 canvassers over 5 short weeks.
As part of UNITE HERE’s Take Back 2020 campaign, 1,700 canvassers—many of them Black and Latinx union members whose jobs and families were hit hard by COVID-19—knocked on the doors of three million Americans in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida to encourage them to vote.
These efforts helped drive the unprecedented turnout of this presidential election and will make the critical difference that wins the presidency for Joe Biden.
BY THE NUMBERS:
3 million doors were knocked by UNITE HERE canvassers in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida
462,135 infrequent voters pledged to vote for Biden/Harris via a conversation with a UNITE HERE canvasser
3 million doors were knocked by UNITE HERE canvassers in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida
462,135 infrequent voters pledged to vote for Biden/Harris via a conversation with a UNITE HERE canvasser
BY THE NUMBERS CON'T:
120,775 of voters spoken to by a UNITE HERE canvasser had not voted in in 2016 in their current state
Over two-thirds of our conversations were with voters of color
10 million phone numbers were dialed by UNITE HERE phone bankers
120,775 of voters spoken to by a UNITE HERE canvasser had not voted in in 2016 in their current state
Over two-thirds of our conversations were with voters of color
10 million phone numbers were dialed by UNITE HERE phone bankers
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