Hope Springs from Field PAC’s [website] volunteers have been knocking on doors in Colorado for 13 weeks now. The November ballot is set and this is another place where president felon isn’t helping his party’s incumbents.
You might notice that CO-03 shifting towards Democrats in the map. The whole state seems to be shifting that way. Like the rest of the country.
We’ve been focusing on CO-08. First term Congressman Gabe Evans is facing a serious challenge from state Rep. Manny Rutinel, D-Commerce City, in a race both major parties agree could determine the House majority after this year’s midterms. The district, which covers counties from suburbs north of Denver to Greeley, has the state’s largest share of Hispanic residents.
CO-08 is one of the top ten agricultural-producing districts in the country. The district is home to significant livestock production, as well as dairy and grain farming. Agriculture, ranching, oil and gas development are the major pillars of the economy outside its urban areas.
Charlie Cook lists the CO-08 among just 18 in the country that it considers toss-ups. Unaffiliated voters in the 8th District outnumber both Republicans and Democrats combined — by a factor of more than 2-to-1, according to state election data. Both parties’ leading national House campaign committees have already reserved more than $14 million in TV, digital and related advertising for the fall.
Trump, and Evans’ fidelity to the president, are recognized as a major albatross here. The president is particularly disliked in Colorado. Civiqs found approval of Trump’s job performance at 31%, with disapproval at 64% on July 30 — before the rest of the country caught up.
Cost of living continues to be a pressing issue, despite the fact the president campaigned on bringing down prices. And both the elective war in the Gulf and his immigration enforcement tactics have alienated voters across the political spectrum. “Democrats are hoping they can capitalize on growing anger over the high cost of living and Mr. Trump’s deportation campaign to retake the district and reclaim control of Congress.”
The general election will also be a test of whether Democrats can regain support from Latino voters. Mr. Rutinel, who is Dominican American, will need a sizable chunk of them in a district that is nearly 40 percent Latino to beat Mr. Evans, who is Mexican American.
It’s one of the few vulnerable swing districts were the data center debate will feature prominently in the outcome. Power-hungry data centers have, in some parts of the country, started being blamed for driving up household electric bills.
On Saturday, 502 volunteers came out to knock on doors in Colorado. Hope Springs volunteers knocked on 36,997 doors and talked to 2,907 voters. 1,852 of them answered questions from our Issues Survey.
On August 29th, the Rising Price of Fuel was the Number 1 issue for the voters we talked to. The Economy was second and Health Care Concerns was third on Saturday.
Hope Springs from Field PAC is back knocking on doors this cycle. We continue to target Democrats and unaffiliated voters with our systematic approach that reminds them not only that Democrats care, but that Democrats are determined to deliver the best, most affordable government possible to all Americans. The voters we talk to continue to tell us they come away more invested in governance and feel more favorably towards Democrats in general because of our approach.
Obviously, we rely on grassroots support, so if you support field/grassroots organizing, voter registration (and follow-up) and our efforts to protect our voters, we would certainly appreciate your support:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/UNRIGtheMidterms
Hope Springs from Field understands that volunteer to voter personal interactions are critical. Knocking on doors has repeatedly been found to be the most successful tactic to get voters to cast a ballot and that is the goal of what we do.
Yes, we really need your help here! Our printer’s bills are — like most things — much higher than we had anticipated for the year.
We’ve added two things to our questionnaire, both of them driven by president felon’s insistence on the Save Act. These are just in case that thing passes so we can protect our voters for November.
Other than that, the Issues Surveys haven’t really changed. Voters like to tell us what is important to them!
2% of the voters we talked to had a favorable impression of the job Trump was doing, while 66% disapproved. For this canvass, we knocked on more unaffiliated than Democratic doors, about 72/28, depending on the walk list.
1% of the voters who responded Approved of the job Gabe Evans was doing while 55% expressed Disapproval. 48% approved of what Gov. Polis was doing, 5% disapproved.
Hope Springs volunteers re-registered 2 voters on Saturday, who mainly update their addresses.
122 voters filled out Constituent Service Requests. We send completed CSRs to Democratic elected officials responsible for the requested functions, but if the appropriate office is held by a Republican, we still send it along. For Democrats, though, we encourage them to reach out immediately to the voter who filled out the Constituent Service Request forms and let them know they are working on the issue. This credit-taking is enormously valuable to the Democratic office-holder.
Ballots start going out to Colorado voters in eight weeks, on Oct. 2. They’re due back to county clerks by Nov. 3. Colorado is an all mail ballot state
Hope Springs started up our Issues Canvass again in March. Our volunteers knock on doors of Democratic and Independent voters and use a voter-driven approach to guide them through the Issues Survey, the CSR and Incident Reports. We record questions voters raise with a Q(uestion)-slip and record other relevant observations on an Observations form. Q-slips are sent to the relevant Democrat to respond to and Observations are entered into VAN. At every door, we leave a piece of “show the flag” lit, something that tells them we were there and hopefully reinforces the Democratic brand. The lit focuses on the things voters told us were important to them last fall, aiming to appeal to every voter.
But the main focus of our canvassing is the Issues Survey, asking voters for their input and concerns. Voter responses to the questionnaire are entered into VAN and made available to all Democratic candidates who use VAN in the state after the primary.
Hope Springs has targeted states that have competitive Senate races and/or Congressional Races in 2026. There is a lot of work to be done!
We remain a seat-of-the-pants grassroots-driven operation. But Hope Springs has been called “the most comprehensive, organized grassroots voter contact project out there right now. It is truly astonishing that it is grassroots-based!”
No other Democratically-aligned org has been methodically trying to circumvent MAGA efforts to rig the House Midterm elections in 2026. And we need your help to continue. Our printer costs alone are way beyond our budgeting and we are asking for your help (if you are able).
If you are able to support Hope Springs from Field’s efforts to protect Democratic voters, especially in minority communities, expand the electorate, and believe in grassroots efforts to increase voter participation and election protection, we would appreciate your support:
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