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MS Now • November 17, 2025
Chris Jansing Reports on MS Now
Swing Left Executive Director Yasmin Radjy joins Chris Jansing to discuss Ground Truth, highlighting conversations with voters in a Pennsylvania swing district and Democrats’ strategic blindspots when it comes to voter outreach.
The Nation • November 17, 2025
What Catholic Door-Knocking Taught Me About Saving the Democratic Brand
“When I took a job as a church-based community organizer in 2010, I had no previous exposure to religion. As a secular Iranian American, my knowledge of the Bible was limited to my Bay Area high school’s AP English elective…”
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Letter: US Democrats waste millions reaching out to the wrong voters
“Janan Ganesh correctly flags a paradox in his column that “winning polls is the only curb on strongmen” (Opinion, August 28), but he misses a key culprit: the breakdown in the way Democrats communicate with voters. What Democratic politicians are saying…”
Financial Times • September 8, 2025
How To Win the Midterms: Yasmin Radjy on her New Initiative Ground Truth
“Yasmin Radjy, Executive Director of Swing Left, unveils their new initiative Ground Truth, a deep-canvassing strategy aimed at not only speaking to voters face-to-face, but implementing their feedback directly into a candidate’s policy proposals…”
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The Contrarian • November 17, 2025
Democrats Are Workshopping New Tactics After Losses of 2024
“If there is one point of consensus in the deeply fractured Democratic Party, it’s that the old ways of doing business just aren’t cutting it. And so, many of the party’s most analytically minded strategists have begun focusing their energies on…”
The New York Times • July 15, 2025
How one Dem group is rethinking canvassing
“Following the FEC’s decision to allow canvassing coordination between outside groups and campaigns last year, Swing Left is taking a big swing…piloting a year-round canvassing program that utilizes artificial intelligence, all in an effort to help Democrats win next year’s midterm elections…”
Politico • October 20, 2025
MS Now • July 15, 2025
Yasmin Radjy on “Ground Truth” | Chris Jansing Reports on MSNBC
“We’ve got to throw away the old playbook, and we’ve got to start a radically different approach. At Swing Left, we’re working with House Democrats now on a new program called Ground Truth, which is our most ambitious effort ever to reach voters.”