Dear People For Member,
We wouldn’t be sending you so many emails if there wasn’t so much riding on the outcome of the Virginia election – which is now less than five weeks away.
If far-right Republican Glenn Youngkin manages to pull off a win over Terry McAuliffe, it won’t just be a disaster for the people of Virginia – who will be stuck with a Trump-endorsed governor, taking them backwards on so many issues.
It will also likely spell disaster for the progressive reforms that, together, we’ve fought so hard for: protections for voting rights, workers’ rights, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ equality and more ... not to mention popular progressive agendas on the economy, the environment, and health care.
We’ve seen this pattern before: the national media will spin a McAuliffe loss into a wholesale repudiation of popular Democratic policies. Then, a vicious cycle of caution and timidity will set in – empowering Mitch McConnell to double down on his obstruction and dissuading conservative Democrats from supporting the reforms we need.
Here at People For, we’ve designed our biggest Virginia electoral program ever, focused on turning out groups that are traditionally under-represented in the voting population. And a generous major donor has agreed to triple-match all donations made before October 1 – but we can’t pull off this program without your help.
Apart from the national implications of the race, as a People For member, you know what else is at stake:
- Keeping Democrats in the governor’s office and the legislative majority means that we have a chance to make Virginia the final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- If far-right Republicans win the governorship and take over the House, they'll be further along in their efforts to gerrymander this critical bellwether state’s legislative districts.
- Virginia is also one of our top target states to join the National Popular Vote Compact, which would effectively end the racist and anti-democratic Electoral College – but if the Far Right takes control of the state government, there’s zero chance of progress on that front.
Early voting has already begun in Virginia, and the dire consequences of electing a Trump-endorsed, far-right extremist just cannot be overstated.
Thanks so much,
—Ben Jealous, President, and the entire People For Team
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