What We Do
We Build People PowerSeed the Vote recruits, trains, and supports volunteers to door knock and phone bank with local partners in the most critical swing states for the presidential, senate and house races. We know that face-to-face conversations are the most effective way to persuade voters in swing states where the election may be determined by a very small number of voters. We send volunteers at the request of local groups in these states, in order to help them talk to the most people possible.
Our Story
Georgia, 2020
Pennsylvania, 2022
Nevada, 2022
In 2019, Seed the Vote was formed to oust Trump. In 2020 we partnered with grassroots organizations rooted in working-class communities of color and mobilized over 9,000 volunteers to make calls and doorknock in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Florida. Working with volunteers across the country (and globe!), we supported grassroots efforts in the critical states that would decide the outcome of the election.
In 2022, despite rampant voter suppression and the prediction of a “red wave,” grassroots organizing again made key electoral wins possible. In Nevada alone, Seed the Vote volunteers talked to nearly 7,500 people at their doors during a critical Senate race won by only 7,928 votes. The work of Seed the Vote’s volunteers and partner organizations helped ensure victories the Right was counting on never materialized and sowed seeds for future organizing efforts.
In 2024, facing Trump on the ballot again, Seed the Vote expanded our work with our largest program to that point – 5 states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada), 8 partners, more than 5,000 volunteers, and more than half a million doors knocked. While we didn’t get the result we wanted at the top of the ticket, we contributed to close, down ballot Senate and House wins in multiple states.
2025 saw Trump and MAGA Republicans waging war on our communities – kidnapping our immigrant neighbors, slashing health care and food benefits, cutting funds for public education, attacking our LGBTQ+ folks, limiting free speech, and sending federal troops into our cities. At the same time, they’ve been working to cement their march towards authoritarianism by undermining our entire electoral system, and threatening our ability to win back control of Congress in 2026 and the Presidency in 2028. Seed the Vote volunteers pushed back, beating Elon Musk in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, and supporting the passage of Prop 50 in California, to push back on Republican redistricting in Texas.
In 2026, Seed the Vote will continue our commitment to train and support volunteers to knock doors and make calls with our partner organizations with a focus on winning critical races to block the radical right and building progressive power. We know it will take all of us to win again in 2026 – and again in 2028, and 2030. By winning these critical and strategic races, our movements are paving a path to shift the balance of power in the federal government within the next ten years to make progressive demands a reality.
Strategy and Reports
Seed the Vote 2025 Impact Report
Seed the Vote volunteers pushed back in 2025, beating Elon Musk in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, and supporting the passage of Prop 50 in California, to push back on Republican redistricting in Texas. Check out our 2025 Impact Report!
STV’s 2020 & 2022 Reports
Seed the Vote recruits, trains and mobilizes thousands of volunteers from across the U.S. to help defeat the Right and grow people-powered movements for the long term. We partner with organizations rooted in working-class communities and communities of color in...
Our Strategy for 2024
Beating Trump again in 2024 is our top goal, but it’s not our only goal. Seed the Vote works to build the number and power of progressive elected officials while also blocking the far right from taking power in federal elections. We do this by sending volunteers...
Who We Work With
We partner with grassroots organizations rooted in working-class communities and communities of color in battleground states, including unions, that have been organizing for years and will continue building political power after the election. We also coordinate with national movement forces to align and collaborate on a shared strategy to defend and expand voting rights and build towards our dream of true multiracial democracy.
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THE OPPORTUNITY
[Knock and Build test] Seed the Vote Action works to build the number and power of progressive elected officials, while also blocking the far right from taking power in federal elections. We do this by sending volunteers to “battleground” states to doorknock and phonebank. Because we know that long-term change won’t happen only through elections, we send our volunteers to local grassroots organizations that work year-round on social justice issues in working-class communities of color.
Seed the Vote Action will be working alongside the Dolores Huerta Action Fund and Working Families Party in Bakersfield, CA on a deep canvassing program to engage with disengaged working class voters. Bakersfield is home to a large community of immigrants, working-class people, and people severely impacted by federal cuts to healthcare and SNAP. The current representative voted to cut Medicaid, despite the fact that 68% of people in the district receive their healthcare through this critical program. This community – and all of us – deserve better, so we’ll be asking lots of questions and listening deeply to understand how these voters are thinking about politics. We’ll use what we learn to develop more effective ways of talking to people who are “on the fence” and connect with them around our shared goals and values - things like healthcare, well paying jobs,and housing we can afford.
You can join us! Here’s how.
- For more information on this project check out our doorknocking guide.
- If you’re ready to sign up to canvass & know what dates you’d like to join, fill out our intake form.
- To sign up for an info session, click here.
