Not Your Average Midterms: Early Energy Draws Activists from Far and Wide to North Jersey Doorsteps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 20, 2018
Contact:
Patches Magarro
201-923-4447
Not Your Average Midterms: Early Energy Draws Activists from Far and Wide to North Jersey Doorsteps
[Hackensack, NJ]- With many key races this year, New Jersey neighborhoods are seeing early action from constituents and volunteers from far and wide. This weekend one group has people from lower Manhattan and Israel signed up to speak to voters in Hackensack, NJ.
Last week, 60 activists went door-to-door in Teaneck to alert voters to the importance of the midterm election this November. Having that many volunteers on a rainy, humid Sunday in July is unusual, but so is the determination of the men and women who are focused on saving the seat of the district’s Congressman, Josh Gottheimer. The NJ5 Coalition pulled support from many towns well beyond Teaneck, Gottheimer’s district, and even New Jersey: 11 volunteers from New York’s Upper West Side came from Swing Left.
This Sunday, some will return to the area to engage voters in Hackensack. This time, those traveling the farthest will be from Swing Left’s Tribeca group and one man visiting from Israel who sought out the NJ5 Coalition on Facebook because he feels compelled to support efforts to flip the U.S. House of Representatives while he is here.
Dr. David Brody organized the volunteers from Swing Left and says that he has devoted time in North Jersey because, “I’m 61 years old and have never missed voting. This midterm is the most consequential election in my lifetime. Reelecting Josh is not only critical to the constituents of NJ05, but critical to our nation as we must restore Democratic control of the House. That’s why we at Swing Left-NYC are eager to get out the vote in November.”
Patches Magarro, NJ5 Coalition co-founder credits a better-informed public with the early action people are taking, “Americans have learned much more about elections and how our government works. They know that politicians are making laws for all of us, no matter what state we live in, so they want to be involved. Doing nothing is not an option.”
Who: NJ5 Coalition and member organization volunteers; Swing Left- NYC
What: Door-to-Door canvassing for Gottheimer
When: Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 1:30pm
Where: 540 Hudson Street, 6th floor
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