Way to Win
@waytowinus.bsky.social
A power network of organizers, activists and donors. We're here to upend politics as usual with research, intelligence and strategic action from across the winning diverse Democratic coalition. Listen to our new podcast, Charting the Way Forward!
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The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.
We'd had the tab with this interview of @mizzwelch.bsky.social open for a while and it is genuinely fantastic. This was literally the question that drove our research this past year. @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social.... we need to talk!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We'd had the tab with this interview of @mizzwelch.bsky.social open for a while and it is genuinely fantastic. This was literally the question that drove our research this past year. @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social.... we need to talk!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...
Our sprawling research report is now available on substack!
🎺🎺🎺
Why Dems underperform!
How voters think!
How many of them think the 1% is the problem and not immigrants and DEI! (lots!)
How many more mods are D than R!
Clear signals from massive complicated data!
Something for everyone, really! 🎁
🎺🎺🎺
Why Dems underperform!
How voters think!
How many of them think the 1% is the problem and not immigrants and DEI! (lots!)
How many more mods are D than R!
Clear signals from massive complicated data!
Something for everyone, really! 🎁
Towards Strength: Way to Win Post-2024 Research Summary
Voters wanted change in 2024 and still do. An alternative perspective on the losses of 2024, chronic Democratic underperformance, and what voters are thinking as we head into 2026.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Our sprawling research report is now available on substack!
🎺🎺🎺
Why Dems underperform!
How voters think!
How many of them think the 1% is the problem and not immigrants and DEI! (lots!)
How many more mods are D than R!
Clear signals from massive complicated data!
Something for everyone, really! 🎁
🎺🎺🎺
Why Dems underperform!
How voters think!
How many of them think the 1% is the problem and not immigrants and DEI! (lots!)
How many more mods are D than R!
Clear signals from massive complicated data!
Something for everyone, really! 🎁
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No one has done more to counterbalance the corrupting influence of the "we can't have nice things" dweebs (Yggy, Silver, etc.) than Way to Win. This new report is well worth your time to read and incorporate into your work if we really want to win.
The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No one has done more to counterbalance the corrupting influence of the "we can't have nice things" dweebs (Yggy, Silver, etc.) than Way to Win. This new report is well worth your time to read and incorporate into your work if we really want to win.
IT’S OUR 50TH EPISODE! And who better to celebrate with than Terrance Woodbury of @hitstrat.bsky.social. Join us for a look back at 2025, how Ds are positioned for 2026, & the transformative opportunity staring us in the face!
Apple: shorturl.at/XyEkZ
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0C...
Apple: shorturl.at/XyEkZ
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0C...
We Can Rebuild All of This 💩 (feat. Terrance Woodbury) - Charting the Way Forward Ep 50
YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund
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December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
IT’S OUR 50TH EPISODE! And who better to celebrate with than Terrance Woodbury of @hitstrat.bsky.social. Join us for a look back at 2025, how Ds are positioned for 2026, & the transformative opportunity staring us in the face!
Apple: shorturl.at/XyEkZ
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0C...
Apple: shorturl.at/XyEkZ
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0C...
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This piece matters to me because I literally have spent all my time, the better part of the past 20 years, speaking with Americans and listening to how they understand politics and how it intersects with their lives. I cannot tell you how true this is.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This piece matters to me because I literally have spent all my time, the better part of the past 20 years, speaking with Americans and listening to how they understand politics and how it intersects with their lives. I cannot tell you how true this is.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Democrats don't need to moderate to win. Not if you know anything about how actual voters make decisions. newrepublic.com/article/2042...
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
It wasn’t because Biden voters shifted to Trump—but because so many of them stayed home. Here’s how Democrats can motivate them once more.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Democrats don't need to moderate to win. Not if you know anything about how actual voters make decisions. newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center so we can fight and build on favorable terrain.
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Really hard to explain. Stigmatize the whole population; racially profile; have masked thugs grab you and your neighbors from your communities, schools, and workplaces; destroy your businesses and raise your cost of living -- just doesn't make sense why he would be unpopular.
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Really hard to explain. Stigmatize the whole population; racially profile; have masked thugs grab you and your neighbors from your communities, schools, and workplaces; destroy your businesses and raise your cost of living -- just doesn't make sense why he would be unpopular.
"This Thanksgiving, I’m taking my power back and reclaiming the spirit of the holiday. I invite all Americans who are fed up to do the same." -LaTosha Brown, Black Voters Matter cofounder
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're not buying what Trump enablers sell this Black Friday | Opinion
This holiday season, we're launching the 'We Ain't Buying It!' campaign – a call to action redirecting our spending, and resisting authoritarianism.
www.usatoday.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"This Thanksgiving, I’m taking my power back and reclaiming the spirit of the holiday. I invite all Americans who are fed up to do the same." -LaTosha Brown, Black Voters Matter cofounder
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
FANTASTIC conversation with @melodyoliphant.bsky.social of the @georgiayouthco.bsky.social and how the wild election results two weeks ago looked from the ground. First state level win for Dems in GA since 2006!
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📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIN...
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400K GEORGIA BLOWOUT!!! (feat. Melody Oliphant) - Charting the Way Forward Ep 48
YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund
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November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
FANTASTIC conversation with @melodyoliphant.bsky.social of the @georgiayouthco.bsky.social and how the wild election results two weeks ago looked from the ground. First state level win for Dems in GA since 2006!
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIN...
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIN...
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You should read this.
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
You should read this.
“We don’t need to all be rowing in the same boat, but at least rowing towards the same direction,” Tory Gavito, president of the donor network Way to Win, said of Democrats in late September.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Democrats spent a year at rock bottom. Have they learned any lessons?
It’s been a long year of arguments, wisdom-mongering and profanity for the professional left and its allies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“We don’t need to all be rowing in the same boat, but at least rowing towards the same direction,” Tory Gavito, president of the donor network Way to Win, said of Democrats in late September.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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There's no problem Vance won't blame on immigrants, even if he has to invent the problem himself.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There's no problem Vance won't blame on immigrants, even if he has to invent the problem himself.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that.
Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.
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I want to repost this in the sky, humongous.
Just one example of the thinking we'd like to see change. These ads got around $4M each in AZ and OH. Party brands are open source. Everyone gets a say. But it's possible the image of the party might improve if we stop spending millions of dollars each cycle telling voters how wrong we are.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to repost this in the sky, humongous.
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Not only did key allies of the regime lose top races in New Jersey and Virginia, Americans rebuked his party in “local races – school board, city council, mayor, county – across the country,” as @simonwdc.bsky.social wrote. “Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed.”
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:
For months now, polling has been clear: "Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration."
And last week’s elections drove that message home.
For months now, polling has been clear: "Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration."
And last week’s elections drove that message home.
Voters Send Clear Message: Enough Is Enough
“Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed."
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not only did key allies of the regime lose top races in New Jersey and Virginia, Americans rebuked his party in “local races – school board, city council, mayor, county – across the country,” as @simonwdc.bsky.social wrote. “Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed.”
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By the way! The basic point I make here is made in much more depth, with more quantitative rigor, in this Way to Win post. (Way to Win quite obviously has the best of this argument & yet they have trouble getting any attention or traction among MSM outlets. Odd, that. Quite odd. The oddest. Hmmm.)
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
By the way! The basic point I make here is made in much more depth, with more quantitative rigor, in this Way to Win post. (Way to Win quite obviously has the best of this argument & yet they have trouble getting any attention or traction among MSM outlets. Odd, that. Quite odd. The oddest. Hmmm.)
Way To Win President Tory Gavito on the supposed Latino "realignment" of 2024: "...Trump is a unique beast who was able to persuade Latinos that he has their interests at heart. In the last 11 months, he’s done everything but think about Latinos’ interests.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump built a surprising voter coalition. One key piece just cracked.
Republicans could not recreate the president's coalition in last week's off-year elections.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Way To Win President Tory Gavito on the supposed Latino "realignment" of 2024: "...Trump is a unique beast who was able to persuade Latinos that he has their interests at heart. In the last 11 months, he’s done everything but think about Latinos’ interests.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
A few clips regarding the perfection of the Harris campaign. These are from focus groups of 2020 Biden voters that skipped 2024. April 2025 with Lake Research. The economic message-overwhelmingly focused on tax cuts ($289.7M in ads at the Pres level)-didn't land for this voter, even at a rally.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A few clips regarding the perfection of the Harris campaign. These are from focus groups of 2020 Biden voters that skipped 2024. April 2025 with Lake Research. The economic message-overwhelmingly focused on tax cuts ($289.7M in ads at the Pres level)-didn't land for this voter, even at a rally.
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❤️this:
“fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks”
open.substack.com/pub/charting...
@waytowinus.bsky.social thank you!
“fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks”
open.substack.com/pub/charting...
@waytowinus.bsky.social thank you!
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
❤️this:
“fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks”
open.substack.com/pub/charting...
@waytowinus.bsky.social thank you!
“fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks”
open.substack.com/pub/charting...
@waytowinus.bsky.social thank you!
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
JUST POSTED: Everyone Is Wrong, our response to the recent series of arguments that – based on the hypothesis that Harris lost and Dems underperformed in 2024 due to (summarizing broadly) voters’ perceptions that Dems are too far left – Democrats need to move right to win.
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"Sometimes strategic debates are overtaken by events..." Like winning from the boroughs of NYC to the red hills of Georgia!
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Sometimes strategic debates are overtaken by events..." Like winning from the boroughs of NYC to the red hills of Georgia!
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Here's the formula, folks:
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's the formula, folks:
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
"Much of what we have learned and communicated validates the approach that won in 2025: fight not fold, focus on affordability, make a populist argument that names the villains, and respond to cultural attacks."
"These decisions have both moral and political consequences. The thinking Democrats are using to make these decisions has to change."
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"These decisions have both moral and political consequences. The thinking Democrats are using to make these decisions has to change."
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
Everyone Is Wrong
The Way To Win Is Strength, Not Moderation. The 2025 Winners Proved It.
chartingthewayforward.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
JUST POSTED: some thoughts about the arguments of the past few weeks, Tuesday's election results, and where we are headed from here.
JUST POSTED: new Charting ep with Diana Valles, President of the legendary @culinary226.bsky.social union. It's going to take a lot of collective power to build an economy with better options than hoping to hit a jackpot in Vegas:
📺 youtu.be/hDPgvpUHn1Q?...
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"Hopefully I'll Get Another Jackpot" (feat. Diana Valles and NV Voters) - Charting Ep 46
YouTube video by Way to Win Action Fund
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November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
JUST POSTED: new Charting ep with Diana Valles, President of the legendary @culinary226.bsky.social union. It's going to take a lot of collective power to build an economy with better options than hoping to hit a jackpot in Vegas:
📺 youtu.be/hDPgvpUHn1Q?...
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
📺 youtu.be/hDPgvpUHn1Q?...
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