The Iowa caucuses are a major test for our movement, John.

That’s why I spent a week in eastern Iowa seeking volunteers to help turnout the 5,000 Our Revolution supporters in critical pivot counties that had voted twice for Barack Obama but then went for Donald Trump in 2016.

We met in union halls, and the industrial workers who filled those halls to volunteer clearly do not believe that any old Democrat will do.

With so much at stake in 2020, we can’t afford to lose to Trump by nominating another failed Democratic centrist like Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg. That’s why we are asking you to click here and donate whatever you can afford to help us win Iowa and catapult Bernie Sanders to the Democratic nomination!

Our goal is not just to mobilize these Obama/Trump voters for the caucuses, but also to sustain their involvement in support of the Democratic nominee through November and beyond.

Those pivot counties in Iowa are much like similar counties that stretch across Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania — all states like Iowa that narrowly voted for Trump in 2016.

Like it or not, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and other candidates aiming for the so-called “center” do not inspire the voters I met. Their health care costs, even with a union, are rising every year, and trade deals backed by Democrats and Republicans alike have gutted their workplaces.

The voters I spoke to at these events are fighting for change.

They want an economy that puts workers first. They want clean drinking water from the tap, not water polluted by factory farms. They want a green economy that expands employment and ends new investments in fracking and pipelines that harm their communities. They want union organizing and collective bargaining rights in the public and private sectors.

Donate now to help us organize Obama/Trump voters and ensure that we nominate Bernie Sanders instead of a corporate Democrat who could easily lose to Trump in 2020!

Onward,

Larry Cohen
Board Chair
Our Revolution