Phone bank
Current phone banks
Phone banks are happening now to register and motivate likely Democratic voters in California’s Central Valley and key flippable districts across the country.
The Bay Area Coalition is offering phone banks Wednesdays through October 30, 5-7pm for a variety of campaigns (the California Central Valley, and Nevada and Arizona with the DNC).
The California Democratic Party is calling voters in CA-13 Sundays through June 9, 3-5pm for Adam Gray.
The Democratic National Committee offers phone banks to voters in swing states on various dates and times through March 30; you can work on your own schedule after being trained. Multiple training options.
Field Team 6 is calling likely Democratic voters to encourage them to register as Democrats or to sign up to vote by mail if they are already registered. Currently there are campaigns in Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, all important swing states. Training is provided.
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- Go to our volunteer form here
- Fill in your email, name, phone, and zip code
- Click Sign Up
We’ll keep you informed about campaigns you can call for and how to get training and support for phone banking.
Have questions? Email help@demvolctr.org your phone banking questions.
About phone banking
Phone banking is a particularly important way to connect with voters in swing districts and states. It allows large numbers of volunteers in one state, such as California, to help Democratic candidates in crucial races across the US.
As a volunteer, you will receive training and have the necessary tools, information, and help you need. In many cases you can make calls from your home at times that are convenient for you (taking into account the time zone of the voters being called). Contrary to popular belief, enough voters do pick up the phone to make your efforts significant. Many races are won by very small margins; you will make a critical difference with every voter that you engage and turn out.
What is phone banking?
A phone bank is a coordinated effort by a campaign to talk with voters, using official state and local voter lists to decide who to call. These are lists of registered voters along with other information that the organization has obtained from past campaigns.
We make calls:
- To encourage people to register, complete ballots, and vote for Democrats.
- To find volunteers.
- But especially to gather data for future action.
Every call is a good call!
- All data is good! Even the bad and the ugly data helps.
- Data from voters who do not like our candidate is a Good Call.
- Wrong or disconnected numbers are Good Calls.
- Finding out a voter has deceased is sad, but the call itself is a Good Call.
Why is this good?
- We’re cleaning the lists to prepare for GOTV (Get Out the Vote).
- GOTV is typically the final days of the campaign when we call/knock on doors of every voter who’s been identified as a supporter.
- We need supporters to vote, and your calls tell us who to focus on.
Why phone bank early?
- Early voter engagement is key!
- Next to knocking on doors, phone banking is the most effective way to reach voters.
- We must clean up the voter lists before the final Get Out the Vote stretch by identifying both supporters and non-supporters.
- Many voters may not have been contacted in a while and we need to make sure our voter lists are up to date.