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Last year, 2018, was a watershed year for Philly Neighborhood Networks. We ran robust electoral campaigns while also working on important issues. This laid the foundation for an even more exciting year ahead. And none of this would have been possible without the participation of our many volunteers who canvassed the voters, advocated and lobbied our public...
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What a great gorgeous blue wave we have to be thankful for this holiday weekend! In PA we resoundingly re-affirmed the sanity and decency of the State by sweeping to victory our candidates for Governor and Senator, while taking four Congressional seats, almost a dozen State House seats, and almost half a dozen State Senate...
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With less than four weeks left until the election, Philly Neighborhood Networks is in full swing recruiting and deploying volunteers throughout Northwest Philadelphia to bring our neighbors out to vote. We are targeting low frequency voters to both increase turnout this year and set the stage for even bigger increases in future elections. Our goal...
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580,000 registered Philadelphia voters — the vast majority of them Democrats — did not go to the polls in 2014, the last time we had an election for Governor. 266,000 registered Philadelphia voters didn’t go to the polls in 2016, when Donald Trump won the state by barely 40,000 votes. If we don’t want to...
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Well, isn’t winning nice! Philly Neighborhood Networks endorsed candidates Chris Rabb, Art Haywood, Joe Hohenstein, Malcolm Kenyatta and Liz Fiedler, all won their races for PA legislative seats yesterday and that is truly sweet. We are one step closer to a more progressive state legislature. In addition, and in the long run equally significant, almost...
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