Title: COS 2020 Impact Report Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/cos-2020-impact-report-1|cos-2020-impact-report-1]] Login Required to view? No Attached File: Impact_Report_Winter_2020_Prospects_DIGITAL_(2).pdf Created: 2020-12-22 10:37:54 Updated: 2021-12-22 19:00:00 Published: 2020-12-22 02:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T19:59:12.523255493 ---- {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_11257_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} **5850 San Felipe, Suite 580, Houston, TX 77057** **512-487-5525** [[http://www.cosaction.com/georgia|**COSAction.com/Georgia**]] {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_11257_pdfto002.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} On January 5th, Georgia  voters will head to the  polls to determine who will  fill their seats in the U.S. Senate.  The results of this election could  pave the way for a tidal wave of  progressive policies and agendas,  like packing the Supreme Court,  stripping Americans of their  Second Amendment rights and  reversing tax cuts.\\ We must act swiftly to slow what  could become a rapid erosion of our  constitutional freedoms over the  next four years.\\ That’s why we’re unleashing our 4.7  million-patriot citizen activist army  for a groundbreaking get out the  vote mission to target the 521,592  low propensity like-minded voters  in Georgia. These are registered  voters who vote in the presidential  election cycles but rarely vote in  midterms or special elections unless  they are specifically turned out.  To give you an idea of the impact  these voters can make, you should  know that they make up 13% of  the total voters who came out in  Georgia in the 2018 election. This  is more than enough to tip the  scales of this runoff.\\ We’ve partnered with legendary  pollster and Georgia native Robert  Cahaly of the Trafalgar Group (the  most accurate pollster in 2016,  2018, and 2020) once again to  model a groundbreaking peer-to- peer get out the vote strategy to  reach these 520,000+ like-minded  low-propensity voters. These  voters cannot be reached through  traditional political ads, especially  during the holiday season. Our  “adopt-a-voter” program includes  one to one messaging, phone calls,  and texted videos  tailored to reach  each subset of these voters about  the issues that will motivate them  to turnout. \\ COS Action is the only organization  large enough to pull off this kind of  mission, and we like our odds: using  the exact same strategy, we were  able to effectively impact the voter  turnout in more than 250 races this  election cycle in 16 target states. See  the next page for details about our  General Election GOTV success.\\ We can’t take this election for  granted. The stakes are too high.  The Atlanta Journal (AJC) reports  that Stacy Abrams alone has already  raised $34.5 million and is “funneling  a large chunk of the money into  helping the Democratic candidates”. **GEORGIA ** //CROSSROADS// **We’re unleashing our 4.7 million-patriot citizen ** **activist army for a groundbreaking get out ** **the vote mission to target the 521,592 low ** **propensity like-minded voters in Georgia. ** **Perfectly Positioned to Impact\\ Georgia’s Runoff Election** //1// {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_11257_pdfto003.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} //COS Action partnered with the Most \\ Trusted and Accurate Pollster in America// **COSA GOT OUT** **THE VOTE** **COSA FOCUSED** **EFFORTS** //2// Most get-out-the-vote  (GOTV) efforts preach  to the choir. They spend  millions of dollars purchasing  advertisements on news shows, talk  radio, and podcasts to reach people  who already plan to vote. These  Americans are politically engaged,  and the GOTV campaigns do little  (if anything) to impact the elections. \\ We improved on the strategy  of traditional GOTV efforts. In  partnership with the most accurate  pollster for the 2016 and 2018  elections, Robert Cahaly of the  Trafalgar Group, we focused our  GOTV efforts on like minded  low-propensity voters. This key  demographic was registered to  vote but hadn’t voted in more  than one general election since  1992. They don’t watch the news,  so they wouldn’t be influenced  by traditional GOTV efforts, but  they comprised an astounding 12  percent of total voters. \\ So, we reached out to our friend  Robert Cahaly to equip our 4.7  million citizen-activist army with  the right tools to create a powerful  peer-to-peer GOTV strategy.  This is the most effective way to  reach like- minded, low-propensity  voters, and we launched a four-part  effort to do just that: **1.**  We purchased voter record data,  identified which voters were like  minded to us, and then obtained  their contact information while  confirming that they were still  residents of the state.\\ **2.**  We polled them with Cahaly’s  methodologies, allowing us to  customize messaging that would  motivate them to get out and vote.\\ **3.**  We recruited volunteers from  our base of COS Action activists to  call and text the like-minded voters. \\ **4.**  We designed powerful  videos and phone scripts for  our volunteers to utilize in their  outreach to voters. \\ **5.**  Each targeted voter was tracked  and contacted multiple times to  encourage them to get out to the  polls by Election Day. \\ **In total, an astounding 2.9 million ** **contacts were made in the days ** **leading up to the election.\\ **In our post-election analysis,  we determined that this  groundbreaking strategy, paired  with the massive force of the  grassroots army of COS Action,  played an effective role in over 250  elections across the country at the  state and national level.  After pulling voter records, we  created a file of registered voters  who had not voted in more than  one general election since 1992.  The numbers were astounding!  We quickly realized that these  voters accounted for 5%-16%  of the total voter population in  the previous general election.  Getting them out to vote could  easily make the difference in this  election, as you can see from  this chart below. 416,487 613,977 317,167 511,453 152,581 39,178 1,446,586 **16,081,748** 4,741,564 6,166,708 2,604,657 4,822,271 2,976,150 501,822 9,501,617 **128,838,731** 9% 10% 12% 11% 5% 8% 15% **12%** **NC** **PA** **AZ** **MI** **WI** **MT** **FL** **US** **STATES** **RATIO** **VOTERS** //IN 2016// **LAPSED VOTERS** //IN STATE// This is proof positive that COS  Action is a force to be reckoned  with. Our efforts had a significant  impact in races around the country  up and down the ballot. {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_11257_pdfto004.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} The Democrats incorrectly predicted a  “Blue Wave” in the 2020 general election. After  investing hundreds of millions of dollars in this election,  and contrary to most polls, they were not able to flip any  state legislative chambers. They actually lost ground in both  state legislatures and the U.S. House, and they haven’t yet  been able to take the Senate. This puts the GOP in a very  strong position for the next decade as they control much  of the redistricting in 2021. Here are some notable outcomes: **AL** **FL** **IA** **KS\\ KY** **ME** **MN** **MT ** **NC** **NH\\ OH** **PA\\ SC** **TX** **WI** **WV** **TOTAL** N/A - 2 4\\ 8 10 4 11 4 50 2\\ 3 17\\ 17 13\\ 19 **164** 6 16 2\\ 3\\ 5 - 1\\ 1 8 -\\ - 9\\ 4 23 5\\ 3 **86** 1 - 1 - 1\\ 1 - 1\\ 1 -\\ -\\ - 1 -\\ - 3\\ **8** N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A 1 - 1 N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A\\ N/A 1 **3** **STATES STATE LEGISLATIVE ** //GOP VICTORIES// **US HOUSE** //GOP VICTORIES// **US SENATE** //GOP VICTORIES// **GOVERNORS** //GOP VICTORIES// **HOW THE ** **PREDICTED ** **“BLUE WAVE” ** **WAS MORE ** **LIKE A “BLUE ** **FLUSH”.** //3// {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_11257_pdfto005.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} Our work in Georgia has already begun,  **but we need your support to be able ** **to reach all the voters necessary to truly make a difference in this election.**  A generous supporter of our Get Out the Vote work has put forth a matching  challenge for any donation made to COS Action right now, up to $100,000. The  impact of your gift will be doubled, matched dollar for dollar. [[https://secure.anedot.com/convention-of-states-action-cosaction/georgia-cc|**DONATE ONLINE HERE**]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/501-c-4-pledge-form-gotv-georgia/download|**DONATE BY MAIL HERE**]] **Click below to support ** **COS Action’s 501C(4) ** **efforts now** [[https://secure.anedot.com/convention-of-states-foundation/victory2021|**DONATE ONLINE HERE**]] [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/501-c-3-pledge-form-gotv-georgia/download|**DONATE BY MAIL HERE**]] **Click below to make a ** **tax-deductible 501(c)(3) ** **contribution now** [[https://secure.anedot.com/convention-of-states-action-cosaction/georgia-cc|**COSAction.com/Georgia**]] [[https://secure.anedot.com/convention-of-states-action-cosaction/georgia-cc|**512-487-5525**]]