The Influential Party Plans to Significantly Expand Its Voter Outreach from Successful 2023 Campaign

PHILADELPHIA, PA — On the heels of a successful 2023 grassroots campaign, where the Working Families Party bested the Republican Party to claim both of the Philadelphia City Council’s minority party seats, the WFP has announced plans to knock on over 500,000 doors across Pennsylvania, as well as send two million texts and calls to voters across the state. 

In addition to supporting Vice President Harris and Governor Walz, who the third party endorsed ahead of the Democratic National Convention, the party will also be turning out voters in support of Senator Bob Casey, Malcolm Kenyatta for Auditor General and Eugene DePasquale for Attorney General and its downballot candidates, including Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12), Anna Thomas (HD-137), and Andre Carroll (HD-201).

“We know that the Working Families Party has a major role to play in winning the White House and safeguarding our Senate majority. That’s why we’re doubling down this year and organizing communities across Pennsylvania to turn out for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” said Salaah Muhammad, Pennsylvania Organizing Director. “Trump wants to give more tax breaks to billionaires while making it harder for workers to organize for fair wages and benefits. Under a Harris administration, we have an opportunity to make real gains for working families in our state.”

The party will be focusing its outreach efforts on constituencies in Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Allegheny County, Delaware County, and Montgomery County.

In 2023, the WFP knocked on nearly 400,000 doors in both the primary and general elections. Their outreach to young voters and voters of color in Philadelphia helped spur one of the largest “off-year” turnouts in recent memory, helping Dan McCaffery to win a seat on the PA Supreme Court and electing Nicolas O’Rourke and Kendra Brooks as the first independent third-party candidates on Philadelphia City Council.

The party plans to encourage people to vote early at satellite election offices through targeted door knocking, calls and texts, paid advertising, pop-up events and community celebrations.

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