John,
Tomorrow, the Poor People's Campaign will be releasing a new report: "Waking the Sleeping Giant: Poor and Low-Income Voters in the 2020 Elections". We’ll be holding a virtual press conference for the report at 11 AM ET, streamed here on the PPC website.
Ahead of the 2020 vote, the Poor People's Campaign launched an historic nonpartisan voter outreach drive across 16 states, reaching over 2.1 million voters. The report examines this drive and the role of poor and low-income voters in the 2020 elections and concludes that this multiracial voting bloc had an important impact on the results. This cuts against the commonly held perspective that poor and low-income people are apathetic about politics or inconsequential to election outcomes, and shows the critical potential of this "sleeping giant" for elections to come, if poor and low-income people are organized into a moral fusion movement that votes. This report is a follow up to our 2020 pre-election report titled, Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low-Income Voters.
John, we're counting on you to tune in this coming Monday, October 18th at [7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT/5:30pm MT/ 4:30pm PT choose your timezone] as we discuss the need for a 3rd Reconstruction NOW.
Join our National Town Hall on Building a 3rd Reconstruction on Monday, October 18th at [7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT/5:30pm MT/4:30pm PT - choose your timezone]. State leaders building our movement from the bottom up and across the country will be interacting with a panel of movement leaders, economists, public health officials, elected officials including Rep. Jayapal and Rep. Lee, and our national co-chairs. The National Town Hall will be streamed here on the PPC website.
Forward together,
DC Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
