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Americans for Prosperity Action Reaffirms Support for Senator Steve Daines

abarrett on March 9, 2020

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of America

Winning in 2024

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You have an opportunity to
change the course of America.

As much as 71% of America now believes we’re on the wrong track. This ought to point to a decisive win, and yet there is tremendous risk of candidates diametrically opposed to our values winning in 2024.

Here’s why:

  • The Republican Party is nominating many flawed candidates who — as we’ve seen before — lack the ability to win in the general election.

  • The Democratic Party is seizing on this opportunity — and responding with even more extreme policies that limit freedom and stifle American innovation.

If the candidates who can change America’s course fail to win in 2024, we risk even greater decline as a nation. That’s why this unprecedented Early Primary strategy is so vital.

We must begin NOW to:

  • Identify strong candidates who can win not just in primaries, but also in the general election. 
  • Identify and persuade millions of new voters to turn out for the primaries, so the best candidates win. 
  • Make sure the best candidates win on Election Day 2024.

It is imperative we elect better candidates who will WIN in 2024 and enact policies that empower people to improve their lives.

The Reality

Our sitting president has a 31% approval rating in our internal tracking polling. There’s no reason why any president, of any party, should ever be reelected with a 31% approval rating.

The Opportunity

The best way to win in 2024 is to learn from the mistakes that have doomed past election efforts. More and more people now define themselves as Independent (41%), rather than Republican (28%) or Democrat (28%). However, as long as only a narrow group vote in the primaries (14%), we can’t expect to see the change the country needs.

There’s no reason why any president, of any party, should ever be reelected with a

31%

approval rating.

Lessons Learned

One of the most important lessons Americans for Prosperity Action learned in 2022 was that voters want better candidates. In order to get better candidates, we must: a) get involved in elections earlier than ever and, b) engage thousands more voters in the primaries.

When we get involved early, we win. In 2022, 82% of candidates backed by AFP or AFP Action won in the general election in November … but only when we had engaged in the primary to make sure the best candidate emerged. When we were NOT engaged at the primary level, our win percentage dropped to 64%.

82%

won general with early 

primary support

 

VS.

 

64%

with post-primary support

Activating the plan

Applying time-tested, proven capabilities now to WIN

  1. Engage new primary voters now. If we wait, we lose.
  2. Double efforts to engage the Latino community early.
  3. Start NOW to win.
  4. Solve the early-voting gap.
  5. Enlist visionary supporters like you.

Key states in the 2024 cycle

Key states
and AFP
chapters
line up
nearly 1:1

Tim Phillips roadshow inspires activists, motivates voters

abarrett on March 6, 2020

Americans for Prosperity Action Senior Advisor Tim Phillips has been on a national tour over the past few weeks, visiting with activists and voters in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas in support of policy champions.

Those champions include Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, Georgia Senator David Perdue, Texas Senator John Cornyn, and North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis.

While Election Day is still nearly eight months away, it’s never too early for AFP Action activists to get into the field to push the reelection of policy champions.

Phillips said Perry’s “voting record has been good across the board on issues we care deeply about. So, for us, it was a no-brainer to start early.”

In an email to activists, Phillips noted that Texas has added 1.93 million new voters to its rolls since Cornyn was last on the ballot, and also pointed to a Gallup poll showing 45 percent of voters consider themselves independent.

“Add all that up and it means that an operation like ours — Americans for Prosperity Action — is the best positioned group in the country to reach these voters who don’t align with a party,” he wrote. “And that’s why I’m down here with our team, joining their grassroots work — the one-on-one voter contact which is so critical to getting John Cornyn re-elected.”

Phillips’ roadshow will take him to a host of other states — and into the offices and living rooms of thousands of more activists and voters — as the 2020 election unfolds.

“It’s a big year — and we are all in.”

Americans for Prosperity Action Endorses Kendon Underwood for Arkansas State House

abarrett on March 5, 2020

Change the course
of America

Winning in 2024

Ready to Make a Difference?

DONATE

You have an opportunity to
change the course of America.

As much as 71% of America now believes we’re on the wrong track. This ought to point to a decisive win, and yet there is tremendous risk of candidates diametrically opposed to our values winning in 2024.

Here’s why:

  • The Republican Party is nominating many flawed candidates who — as we’ve seen before — lack the ability to win in the general election.

  • The Democratic Party is seizing on this opportunity — and responding with even more extreme policies that limit freedom and stifle American innovation.

If the candidates who can change America’s course fail to win in 2024, we risk even greater decline as a nation. That’s why this unprecedented Early Primary strategy is so vital.

We must begin NOW to:

  • Identify strong candidates who can win not just in primaries, but also in the general election. 
  • Identify and persuade millions of new voters to turn out for the primaries, so the best candidates win. 
  • Make sure the best candidates win on Election Day 2024.

It is imperative we elect better candidates who will WIN in 2024 and enact policies that empower people to improve their lives.

The Reality

Our sitting president has a 31% approval rating in our internal tracking polling. There’s no reason why any president, of any party, should ever be reelected with a 31% approval rating.

The Opportunity

The best way to win in 2024 is to learn from the mistakes that have doomed past election efforts. More and more people now define themselves as Independent (41%), rather than Republican (28%) or Democrat (28%). However, as long as only a narrow group vote in the primaries (14%), we can’t expect to see the change the country needs.

There’s no reason why any president, of any party, should ever be reelected with a

31%

approval rating.

Lessons Learned

One of the most important lessons Americans for Prosperity Action learned in 2022 was that voters want better candidates. In order to get better candidates, we must: a) get involved in elections earlier than ever and, b) engage thousands more voters in the primaries.

When we get involved early, we win. In 2022, 82% of candidates backed by AFP or AFP Action won in the general election in November … but only when we had engaged in the primary to make sure the best candidate emerged. When we were NOT engaged at the primary level, our win percentage dropped to 64%.

82%

won general with early 

primary support

 

VS.

 

64%

with post-primary support

Activating the plan

Applying time-tested, proven capabilities now to WIN

  1. Engage new primary voters now. If we wait, we lose.
  2. Double efforts to engage the Latino community early.
  3. Start NOW to win.
  4. Solve the early-voting gap.
  5. Enlist visionary supporters like you.

Key states in the 2024 cycle

Key states
and AFP
chapters
line up
nearly 1:1

How you can be confident this plan will work.

In 2022, AFP and AFP Action engaged in 22 primaries at the federal level, and nearly 200 more at the state level. 82% of the candidates we backed won in the general election in November… but only when we had engaged in the primary to make sure the best candidate emerged. When we were NOT engaged at the primary level, our win percentage dropped to 64%.

From our data capabilities to our grassroots game planning, AFP and AFP Action have the edge.

Case Study

Eric Schmitt’s 2022 U.S. Senate race in Missouri is a case study in how early support for winning candidates can result in a very high return on your investment. Leveraging crucial data from i360, AFP Action’s grassroots teams knocked on the doors of 446,000 targeted non-primary voters to persuade them to come out and vote for Schmitt, who was one of 25 Republican candidates in the primary! Nearly 80,000 of them showed up and cast their first-ever votes in a GOP primary. Schmitt won, and as the strongest candidate, he went on to handily beat his closest challenger in the general election by 274,000 votes.

AFP and AFP Action

engaged in a

record-breaking

457

Races

in the 2022 elections, 

knocking on more than

7M

Highly

targeted

doors

delivering over

100M

Pieces of mail

and reaching millions more voters through
phone and email.

AFP Action follows up Tillis’ primary win with new ad

abarrett on March 4, 2020

Senator Thom Tillis won a decisive Super Tuesday primary victory last week. To further drive momentum in support of Senator Tillis’ reelection, Americans for Prosperity Action released an ad the next day that emphasizes Tillis’ work in Washington to create more prosperity for North Carolina.

“Under the leadership of our senator, Thom Tillis, our economy is booming,” the ad says, hitting notes AFP Action’s efforts have been emphasizing over the last few months. “Throughout his career, Thom Tillis has been a champion for the people of North Carolina,” said Senior Advisor Chris McCoy. “[He has] fought to create more jobs and more opportunities for our state.”

To share this message with North Carolina voters, AFP Action is utilizing its grassroots and media capabilities. Activists are on the ground making calls, sending texts, and knocking doors to talk with friends and neighbors about reelecting Sen. Tillis because of his strong record of job creation and pro-economic growth policies.