{"id":1002448,"date":"2018-10-01T18:32:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002448"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:55","slug":"watch-adam-rippon-wants-you-to-commit-to-vote-this-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-adam-rippon-wants-you-to-commit-to-vote-this-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Adam Rippon Wants You to Commit to Vote this November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1046888550640304129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/gXkgVYZVnwN42ZKBKxZjWaZ4qGA8FIlNidP7Hs_zaOHxZW5gA_5gM4K1E_iUrOEc0GZolGI20p-nlFA5zf4qR2rf8VLQwcKXPmxCH6Bjp8p66aqjU2TWC04z6LGo5ac9zBSlIoLu\" width=\"270\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To kick off LGBTQ History Month, U.S. Olympian Adam Rippon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1046888550640304129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encourages voters<\/a> to support the historic number of LGBTQ candidates and commit to vote this November through the DNC\u2019s IWillVote initiative.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This primary season, more LGBTQ candidates have won Democratic primaries than ever before, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At least 16 openly LGBTQ non-incumbents for Congress<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In total, at least 21 openly LGBTQ people have won Democratic primaries \u00a0for federal office across 14 different states<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At least 9 openly LGBTQ non-incumbents have won Democratic primaries for statewide\/territory office.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In total, at least 13 openly LGBTQ people won Democratic primaries for statewide office across 12 states.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The DNC\u2019s IWillVote program is an unprecedented new campaign with four initiatives: Commit to Vote; Voter Registration; Voter Education and Protection; and Get-Out-The-Vote. Under the program, the DNC, in partnership with state parties and outside organizations, aims to reach 50 million voters before Election Day to engage, educate, and mobilize them to vote for Democrats up and down the ticket. So far, the DNC has reached nearly 45 million voters, with just over a month until Election Day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In 2014, 47 million fewer people voted than in 2012. This initiative aims to engage those \u201cmidterm drop-off\u201d voters in an effort to boost turnout this November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To kick off LGBTQ History Month, U.S. Olympian Adam Rippon encourages voters to support the historic number of LGBTQ candidates and commit to vote this November through the DNC\u2019s IWillVote initiative. This primary season, more LGBTQ candidates have won Democratic primaries than ever before, including: At least 16 openly LGBTQ non-incumbents for Congress In total, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Adam Rippon Wants You to Commit to Vote this November - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-adam-rippon-wants-you-to-commit-to-vote-this-november\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-01T18:32:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/gXkgVYZVnwN42ZKBKxZjWaZ4qGA8FIlNidP7Hs_zaOHxZW5gA_5gM4K1E_iUrOEc0GZolGI20p-nlFA5zf4qR2rf8VLQwcKXPmxCH6Bjp8p66aqjU2TWC04z6LGo5ac9zBSlIoLu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-adam-rippon-wants-you-to-commit-to-vote-this-november\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-adam-rippon-wants-you-to-commit-to-vote-this-november\/\",\"name\":\"WATCH: Adam Rippon Wants You to Commit to Vote this November - 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