TurnUp's Youth-led GOTV program targets low-turnout community college campuses and low-propensity young voters. The program engages over 18,000 young interns, on-campus organizers, and relational organizers to utilize the following strategies: on-campus GOTV events, relational GOTV campaigns, canvassing, phone-banking, and text-banking.
Mission Statement
We’re on a mission to strengthen democracy by increasing high impact youth civic action and closing the gap between young people who want to take civic action and those who actually take action. TurnUp includes five integrated programs that work together to increase youth voter
registration and turnout: the internship training program; online program; on campus and relational voter registration and turnout program; mobile app; and ideas incubator. Our goal is to increase youth voter registration and turnout, and build the most active, educated, organized, and powerful network of young progressive activists across the Nation
Budget Size:
Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered:
AK, AZ, FL, GA, MI, MT, NE, NV, NC, OH, PA, SC, TX, WA, WV, WI
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged:
CA-13, CA-22, CA-27, CA-40, CA-41, CA-45, CA-47, CA-49, NJ-07, NY-04, NY-17, NY-19, NY-22, OR-5 CO-08, NM-02, WA-03, NE-02, ME-02, FL-01, FL-02, FL-03, FL-04, FL-05, FL-06, FL-07, FL-08, FL-09, FL-10, FL-11, FL-12, FL-13, FL-14, FL-15, FL-16, FL-17, FL-18, FL-19, FL-20, FL-21, FL-22, FL-23, FL-24, FL-25, FL-26, FL-27, FL-28, NE-01, NE-02, NE-03, NC-01, NC-02, NC-03, NC-04, NC-05, NC-06, NC-07, NC-08, NC-09, NC-10, NC-11, NC-12, NC-13, NC-14, WV-01, WV-02, AK-01, GA-01, GA-02, GA-03, GA-04, GA-05, GA-06, GA-07, GA-08, GA-09, GA-10, GA-11, GA-12, GA-13, GA-14, MI-01, MI-02, MI-03, MI-04, MI-05, MI-06, MI-07, MI-08, MI-09, MI-10, MI-11, MI-12, MI-13, NV-01, NV-02, NV-03, NV-04, SC-01, SC-02, SC-03, SC-04, SC-05, SC-06, SC-07, TX-01, TX-02, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36, TX-37, TX-38, WI-01, WI-02, WI-03, WI-04, WI-05, WI-06, WI-07, WI-08, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, MT-01, MT-02, OH-01, OH-02, OH-03, OH-04, OH-05, OH-06, OH-07, OH-08, OH-09, OH-10, OH-11, OH-12, OH-13, OH-14, OH-15, PA-01, PA-02, PA-03, PA-04, PA-05, PA-06, PA-07, PA-08, PA-09, PA-10, PA-11, PA-12, PA-13, PA-14, PA-15, PA-16, PA-17, WA-01, WA-02, WA-03, WA-04, WA-05, WA-06, WA-07, WA-08, WA-09, and WA-10.
Geographic Focus:
Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Black, Latinx, Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Organization Leadership:
Youth-led (aged 15-35)
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
