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Dear Friend -- It's time once again for our Top 10 highlights of
the year! We love looking back on how much we accomplished together. As
always, we couldn't do it without you. What a year of resistance...and
moving forward.

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1. We were first to endorse Elizabeth Warren for President! After running
the original "Draft Elizabeth For Warren" campaign in 2011 and coining the
phrase "I'm from the Elizabeth Warren wing of American Politics," we were
proud to support her on Day One -- exactly one year ago today!

Elizabeth Warren is the most electable Democrat and she consistently wins
when voters are asked who would be the president. To defeat a corrupt
president, we need someone who provides a clean contrast to Trump --
challenging corporate power, systemic corruption, and a rigged system.
Rejecting big-money influence. Fighting for economic freedom and open
markets for small businesses, students, farmers, and families. Claiming
power for everyday people. That's Elizabeth Warren.

The PCCC is the top-cited surrogate making the case for Warren in the
[ [link removed] ]New York Times, [ [link removed] ]Associated Press, [ [link removed] ]Boston Globe, [ [link removed] ]Politico, and
[ [link removed] ]Hill TV, and elsewhere. We identified thousands of people who switched
to Warren over time at [ [link removed] ]SwitchToWarren.com.

PCCC members across the nation have donated hundreds of thousands of
dollars through thousands of [ [link removed] ]grassroots donations to her presidential
campaign. [ [link removed] ]We will dream big, fight hard, and win in 2020!

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2. We endorsed bold progressive candidates -- the next Squad! For
Congress, we endorsed Kara Eastman (NE-2), Jessica Cisneros (TX-28),
Morgan Harper (OH-3), Arati Kreibich (NJ-5), JD Scholten (IA-4), Dana
Balter (NY-24), and Marie Newman (IL-3). We also endorsed Stephen Smith
for Governor of West Virginia. PCCC members made over [ [link removed] ]9,500 donations
so far to their campaigns -- join the momentum today!

Together, we pushed back against the DCCC blacklist of progressive
candidates. PCCC Press Secretary Maria Langholtz told Huffington Post that
the Squad is "pushing forward the biggest, boldest ideas within the party
right now" in Congress -- and we are [ [link removed] ]adding to their ranks!

We also endorsed 80 state and local candidates. Some of our notable
primary victories this year included Ali Brown, a champion for mass
transit who won her primary for Indianapolis City Council; Debbie Ortega,
an affordable housing activist who won re-election to Denver City Council;
Corryn Kronnagel, who won her primary for Magisterial District Judge in
Morrisville, Pennsylvania; Lloyd Snook, who has successfully argued death
penalty cases before the Supreme Court and won his primary for City
Council in Charlottesville, Virginia; and Angela Riley, a community
advocate who won her primary for City Council in Binghamton, New York. You
can read more about all the candidates [ [link removed] ]here on our website.

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To build and deepen the bench, we trained over 1,500 candidates to run
winning and cost-effective campaigns.

3. We trained 1,536 candidates! By popular request, we brought our
candidate training program to 10 swing states this year -- Texas,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Arizona,
Nevada, Ohio, and New Hampshire. We trained teachers, nurses, community
leaders, moms, dads, students, and others to run for everything from
school board to Congress! We proudly partnered with amazing local, state,
and national organizations -- everyone from Win Virginia to NARAL to
ActBlue.

We also ran 10 training webinars, covering topics from winning
endorsements to social media to debate prep. (If you're running for
office, [ [link removed] ]sign up for our training and resources here!)

As Erin Rosiello, running for Trustee Hamilton Township in Ohio, said, "I
loved this training because it covered all aspects of running a campaign
and put it in easy to understand terms." Analise Ortiz, who is running for
Arizona state legislature, said, "As a young woman of color, it is easy to
constantly doubt yourself and feel like you are not ready. This training
helped me put those doubts aside and empower me to know I am more than
ready to run and start creating change." Carol Lawrence, who is running
for Florida state legislature in district 27, said that the first time she
ran, "I crafted my campaign myself. I was a first time candidate running
against a third-term, heavily-funded Republican. I earned 45% of the vote.
If I had attended this training before I ran, I believe I would have had
the tools and resources to win. This training is pure gold." Carol is
running again, and we’re excited about her and all our other incredible
training alumni.

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Polling spearheaded by Progressive Change Institute. Pollster: GBAO.
Partners: Public Citizen & Business For Medicare For All.

4. Medicare for All. The Progressive Change Institue, PCCC's sister
organization, spearheaded the most cutting-edge Medicare For All polling
to date, showing Medicare For All is popular and remains popular after
attacks if our side makes the case. Co-founder Adam Green presented these
findings to Congress.

[ [link removed] ]Politico reports: "Pramila Jayapal and about 20 members of the
Congressional Progressive Caucus attended a Medicare for All closed-door
briefing Tuesday. Informed by new polling paid for by the Progressive
Change Institute in partnership with Public Citizen and Business for
Medicare for All, the session offered strategies to respond to the most
common attacks on Medicare for All, particularly that it will result in
massive tax hikes and eliminate private insurance...'This polling is
really helpful because now we know that we can proceed with confidence,'
said Adam Green."

You can [ [link removed] ]view poll results here, listen to [ [link removed] ]our media call here, and
read coverage about it in the [ [link removed] ]Washington Post, [ [link removed] ]Reuters,
[ [link removed] ]Huffington Post, and [ [link removed] ]Politico.

In 2020, the Progressive Change Institute will do the most cutting-edge
polling on the Green New Deal. [ [link removed] ]Make a tax-deductible donation to this
work here.

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5. 300 candidates used our campaign technology. Adding to our candidate
support, over 300 candidates ran their campaigns using our technology this
year. Our technology (called "PIES") allows progressive candidates to
build and host beautiful, best-practices websites, manage their email
lists and donor lists, design postcards and door hangers, and more! Our
technology is a huge reason why we're able to give real support to so many
campaigns. (If you're running for office, [ [link removed] ]sign up for our training and
resources here!)

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Watch the VICE coverage of the Swamp Tour [ [link removed] ]here.

6. Organized a Swamp Tour! The Progressive Change Institute partnered with
the Revolving Door Project on a Swamp Tour of Washington DC to highlight
Trump's wide array of corruption.

We flew in longtime Republican and Independent voters from swing states,
put them on a tour bus with reporters, and took them to buildings that
represent the most corrupt parts of the Trump administration — from the
Trump International Hotel to the Department of Education to the palatial
mansions of Steven Mnuchin and Ivanka Trump. We received news coverage
from [ [link removed] ]NBC News, [ [link removed] ]VICE, [ [link removed] ]Young Turks, and [ [link removed] ]Cheddar. You can
watch the VICE coverage [ [link removed] ]here, and view the website to download fact
sheets about Trump administration officials [ [link removed] ]here. You can also
[ [link removed] ]make a tax-deductible end-of-year donation to keep this innovative
work going!

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7. Fighting Big Pharma. We kept up our activism for real prescription drug
reform. The Progressive Change Institute partnered with Social Security
Works to create the first-ever scorecard to grade Congress on prescription
drug issues, which we announced at a press conference at the National
Press Club on May 1. ([ [link removed] ]Click here to see remarks from our co-founder
Stephanie Taylor, as well as coalition partners Alex Lawson of Social
Security Works, and Richard Master and Wendell Potter of Business
Initiative for Health Policy.)

The Progressive Change Institute also polled three frontline House
districts on a range of prescription drug proposals: IA-04, NH-01, and
SC-01. These three swing districts are currently represented by Steve
King, a Republican, and Democrats Chris Pappas and Joe Cunningham. All are
districts in important early presidential primary states. We polled
Republicans, Independents, and Democrats, and the results were shocking
(in a good way). We found overwhelming bipartisan support for Medicare
drug price negotiation. We even found overwhelming support for the idea
that the government should break monopolies on drugs so that other
companies can manufacture generic alternatives. (In South Carolina, 71% of
Trump voters agreed with this idea!) Stephanie Taylor and Alex Lawson
wrote an editorial on the poll results that appeared in [ [link removed] ]AlterNet,
[ [link removed] ]Common Dreams, and [ [link removed] ]Salon.

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Pod Save America's Jon Lovett highlighted our poll revealing that many who
supposedly oppose impeachment actually agree with Democrats but are just
scared about the politics.

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8. Impeachment! PCCC members helped lay the groundwork for impeachment
this year -- funding early polling, running ads that ran during
presidential debates, and participating in rallies.

Polling from the Progressive Change Institute in partnership with By The
People showed: Not only do a majority support impeachment, but among those
who oppose impeachment, 30% only oppose it because they are concerned that
it will make it more difficult for Democrats to defeat Trump in November.
In other words, as our co-founder Stephanie Taylor told the [ [link removed] ]Washington
Post, "Many previous polls show majorities favoring action on impeachment
— but our poll reveals that many who supposedly oppose impeachment
actually agree with Democrats and are just scared about the politics.”

Our polling was also covered by [ [link removed] ]Roll Call, [ [link removed] ]American Prospect,
[ [link removed] ]The Intercept, and [ [link removed] ]Alternet. The Progressive Change Campaign
Committee ran ads on impeachment (you can see one [ [link removed] ]here) and partnered
with MoveOn, Indivisible and other allies for [ [link removed] ]impeachment rallies.

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9. Pushing back on bad definitions of electability. We've pushed back all
year on pundits who define electability as old, white, male, and
conservative. We're convinced Joe Biden is the least electable Democrat.

In a popular [ [link removed] ]NowThis video, Stephanie Taylor argued that we should
define "electable" candidates by how much enthusiasm they generate among
voters. "It’s about ideas, energy, and inspiration. And what’s inspiring
voters right now? Bold change to improve the lives of millions of
Americans." As Adam Green said in [ [link removed] ]The Guardian: "We’re still living in
an outsider moment. To defeat Trump, we need someone who is seen as an
equal and opposite change agent and who will shake up the system, but do
it for real on behalf of regular people and not the special interests."
Check him out in [ [link removed] ]Time as well, wearing his #WarrenWing lapel pin at
the first Democratic debate, and making clear that progressive ideas
"might be on the outside in Washington, but are clearly in the center of
where the American people are.”

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Get I Can Change Everything at your local bookstore or [ [link removed] ]order online
here.

10. Stephanie wrote a children's book! Finally, our co-founder Stephanie
Taylor wrote a children's book, published by our friends at Strong Arm
Press! I Can Change Everything teaches kids their power -- from changing
their socks and shoes to changing the world. As Stephanie says, "This is
my small contribution to the larger project of empowering the next
generation to take on big challenges -- and make the world a better
place." You can order the book at your local bookstore or online [ [link removed] ]here.
(You can also read Stephanie's Reddit "Ask Me Anything" about it
[ [link removed] ]here.)

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What a year! We have lots more to do in 2020, like beat Trump and elect a
progressive President! But for right now, we're grateful for your activism
as a PCCC member. There is a tidal wave of support for progressive ideas
in this country -- and it's because of the work we are doing together.

Thank you!

The PCCC Team (Stephanie, Adam, Jackie, Ethan, Keith, Maria, Rachel, Emma,
Lilia, Amanda, Kayla, Kenton, Claire, Lizzie, and Kristin)


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told PCCC members, "The majority of Americans are with us on the policies. Americans support Medicare for All, expanding Social Security benefits, gun reform, debt-free college, and a $15 minimum wage. Bold progressive values are popular EVERYWHERE. Together, we have the people. Together, with your help, we’ll have the votes." Chip in $3 here: [link removed]


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