What We Do

We conduct thorough electoral research and engage voters of all perspectives to help increase turnout.

Taking Action

  • WelcomePAC

    Launched August 2021

    In 2022, we supported leaders who reached out to independents and moderate Republicans to put undervalued red districts into play in Ohio, California, and Colorado. In 2024, we’re taking the fight for our democracy to more battlegrounds nationwide.

  • Win the Middle

    Launched January 2023

    We’re compiling an online resource with analysis on what it takes for Democrats to win swing voters, flip red districts, and compete everywhere to secure a sustainable governing majority and save our democracy.

  • Welcome Ohio

    July & August 2021

    We launched a nonpartisan GOTV initiative to rally and engage young voters ahead of the special election primary in Ohio’s 11th Congressional district on August 3rd, 2021.

  • Clyburn Day

    April 2021

    We celebrated the anniversary of Whip Jim Clyburn’s tide-shifting endorsement of Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary as a pragmatic model for the future of our party.

  • Independent Voter Engagement

    December 2019 - March 2020

    By talking with independent voters and not just about them, we worked to drive increased turnout in the 2020 New Hampshire and South Carolina Democratic primaries and, in doing so, make our democracy more representative.

We support a big-tent Democratic Party that is strong and focused on solving problems.

Research and Analysis

  • Democracy Conceded

    January 2023

    During the 2022 cycle, our quarterly “Conceding Democracy” reports highlighted 21 flippable red districts where Democrats were at risk of conceding to Republicans by not fielding a credible challenge. We revisited these districts in the aftermath of the midterms to see how Democrats fared.

  • The Welcome Party's Substack

    Weekly Analysis

    Each week, we reflect on key learnings from across our direct action, network-building, and communications work to offer big-tent analysis of current events and political developments.

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