Sometimes what Hope Springs from Field PAC volunteers learn from knocking on doors is surprising. And then there was yesterday, when we started knocking on doors in Arizona, Florida, (southeast) Georgia, Las Vegas and Texas. The word obvious springs to mind.
There’s a lot of anger out there, and the only (sorta) surprise is that it is aimed in one direction: president felon, the White House and/or MAGA Republicans.
Blue = March 7th kickoffs Dark Blue = Second Wave
Bl Green = Third Wave Green (Maine) = Summer St
One Texas volunteer, in the RGV, said he didn’t think Republicans (who had been aggressively public about their support for Trump before he was elected) would dare “come out of their holes. Even the priests are up at arms!”
Which i presume means a lot more in the valley that it would in my neighborhood!
Last year, on March 1st, 2025, 509 volunteers turned up to knock on doors — and that included Florida undergoing a special election. We always start “small,” we knocked on 35,546 doors and had 1,473 voters answer questions on our Issues Questionnaires in Arizona. Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas. Yesterday, we kicked off canvassing in the same states (except for North Carolina) — but with vastly different results.
More than 2,500 volunteers turned out (5 times more than last year) and knocked on more than 150,000 doors (we don’t finalize numbers until every thing is turned in — officially on Thursday). Hope Springs volunteers talked to more than 12,000 voters yesterday!
Except for Arizona and Texas last year, volunteer turn out for the first day of canvassing in 2025 was in double digits. This year, turn out in every state was in triple digits. And even voters who didn’t have responses to our Issues Questionnaire had some tart things to say before closing the door!
Comments about the Price of Gas seems to have been the most common. My favorite was, “Where do we fill up to pay the “Trump price?” (Presumably, the “Trump price” is under $2 a gallon)
That wasn’t the only thing voters were blaming Trump for. Electric bills, health care costs, TRAFFIC in South Florida. ICE raids were still on voter’s minds. More than a few jokes about avoiding the Epstein Files.
A single issue determining these voter’s 2026 voting plans: opposition to Donald Trump.
This was raised in every single state!
Hope Springs from Field PAC started knocking on doors Saturday. We continue to target Democrats and unaffiliated voters with our systematic approach that reminds them not only that Democrats care, but that Democrats are determined to deliver the best, most affordable government possible to all Americans. The voters we talk to continue to tell us they come away more invested in governance and feel more favorably towards Democrats in general because of our approach.
Obviously, we rely on grassroots support, so if you support field/grassroots organizing, voter registration (and follow-up) and our efforts to protect our voters, we would certainly appreciate your support:
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Hope Springs from Field understands that volunteer to voter personal interactions are critical. Knocking on doors has repeatedly been found to be the most successful tactic to get voters to cast a ballot and that is the goal of what we do.
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One voter told us that gas had gone up 3 cents in the morning, 5 cents in the afternoon and another 9 cents the next day. “I’m afraid how much it will be next week!”
Prices at the grocery stores didn’t provide much comfort, either. Several voters had spicy things to say about their total at check out lines. “My husband asked if we could go to the food bank for groceries,” one woman asked at the doorstep of her McMansion. The contrast stayed with the volunteer.
What are we doing in Iran? “Six dead in the Middle East,” one voter said in reference to the number of dead servicemen this week. “I don’t think we had that many in the first week in 1992,” our Hope Springs volunteer recorded. 1991, not 1992, but still — good question.
JOBS. Or Jobs losses. There were voters who talked about Recession. Not exactly a good sign for Republicans (Republicans in Congress refusing to run for re-election actually makes sense now).
“Is there any good economic news?” a voter asked. “Give me some good news.”
One of the things our volunteers do is take the weekly pulse of these key Swing Districts. State legislators may have redistricted them looking at the 2024 Trump election returns but our volunteers are listening to these voters about their views of Trump and their government in 2026. It feels like these are very different things.
“I don’t have a lot of confidence in this administration,” one voter bluntly told us, speaking for the nation perhaps. “They have to stop killing Americans,” he said.
”And deporting them,” that voter quickly added.
VAN identified this voter as unaffiliated (or an independent).
Hope Springs started up our Issues Canvass this weekend. Our volunteers knock on doors of Democratic and Independent voters and use a voter-driven approach to guide them through the Issues Survey, the CSR and Incident Reports. We record questions voters raise with a Q(uestion)-slip and record other relevant observations on an Observations form. Q-slips are sent to the relevant Democrat to respond to and Observations are entered into VAN. At every door, we leave a piece of “show the flag” lit, something that tells them we were there and hopefully reinforces the Democratic brand. The lit focuses on the things voters told us were important to them last fall, aiming to appeal to every voter.
But the main focus of our canvassing is the Issues Survey, asking voters for their input and concerns. Voter responses to the questionnaire are entered into VAN and made available to all Democratic candidates who use VAN in the state after the primary.
Hope Springs has targeted states that have competitive Senate races and/or Congressional Races in 2026. There is a lot of work to be done!
We remain a seat-of-the-pants grassroots-driven operation for now. Still, Hope Springs has been called “the most comprehensive, organized grassroots voter contact project out there right now. It is truly astonishing that it is grassroots-based!”
No other Democratically-aligned org has been methodically trying to circumvent MAGA efforts to rig the House Midterm elections in 2026. And we need your help to continue. Our printer costs alone are way beyond our budgeting and we are asking for your help (if you are able).
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