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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:38 PM Jul 2020

SEIU endorses Biden, will run 40-state voter turnout effort

he Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced Thursday it has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden and will mobilize for his campaign in 40 states.

The union, which represents more than 2 million workers, will spend $150 million on voter engagement efforts, with a specific focus on people of color who vote infrequently in battleground states, Politico reported. The union has already reached out to more than 3 million voters in states including California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida and Pennsylvania, according to the publication.

SEIU will also launch a 40-state “Essential for Joe” campaign aimed at driving voter turnout, Politico reported. The campaign will be heavily centered on text messaging and social media, with a goal of reaching more than 6 million people.

“As union members, we do not take our endorsement process lightly. In our own way, we’re all feeling the crush of three crises right now—a pandemic our federal government has failed to contain, structural racism and police brutality that kills Black people, and a rigged economy that only ever worked for those at the top,” Terry Thomas, a Philadelphia-based certified nursing assistant, wrote in a statement Thursday.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/506646-seiu-endorses-biden-will-run-40-state-voter-turnout-effort

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SEIU endorses Biden, will run 40-state voter turnout effort (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2020 OP
Its a big fucking deal like Joe would say drray23 Jul 2020 #1
GOTV, SEIU!!!! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2020 #2
I hope the Florida operation is competent this time Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #3
Glad to hear it. Music Man Jul 2020 #4
Oh! This is really good! I did phone banking with them... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #5
SEIU's endorsement is HUGE! Gothmog Jul 2020 #6
RT! TY Goth & SEIU! Cha Jul 2020 #7

drray23

(7,587 posts)
1. Its a big fucking deal like Joe would say
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 07:56 PM
Jul 2020

especially in places like Arizona where the SEIU has a lot of members in the casino, restauration and entertainment businesses.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
3. I hope the Florida operation is competent this time
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:36 PM
Jul 2020

So far it's been the same as 2018...I hear from Donna Shalala and nobody else.

The good news is that coronavirus is apparently preventing the Republican canvassers from swarming the neighborhood door to door. In every recent cycle they were doing that already each afternoon, especially with local races on the ballot in August.

Music Man

(1,181 posts)
4. Glad to hear it.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 10:14 PM
Jul 2020

Turnout is going to be the difference between a landslide Biden victory and a narrow Biden loss.

We especially have to be organized about mail-in and early voting.

electric_blue68

(14,623 posts)
5. Oh! This is really good! I did phone banking with them...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 12:13 AM
Jul 2020

for Mayor Dinkins back in the day.

While it'll be set up differently bc of covid19...

They had a big food set up American and Carribian so people could be there for hours and sustained! I had both. Good stuff doing something useful.

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