Happy Saturday all, and yes it is a really happy Saturday. Got a few things for you today:
First, let’s watch the Vice President Harris’ launch video again, We Choose Freedom. It’s a great way to connect with the emotion and power of this historic and remarkable week:
You can keep our extraordinary momentum going by donating and/or volunteering for our next President, Kamala Harris, today. Be part of the team that wins this election, together! We are making history everyone.
Next, the polling. It got a lot better for us this week. We head into this next phase of the campaign with the election essentially tied before we’ve had the full impact of the dramatic rallying around the Vice President, before her VP pick and before our Convention. There was a lot of polling this week, and I will be talking more about it all in the days ahead but two polls released by HarrisX/Forbes tell the story:
46% Harris - 54% Trump (-8) July 19-21 (before the change)
46% Harris - 47% Trump (-1) July 22-24 (after the change)
In this one poll Vice President Harris gained 7 points in just days. Dramatic movement. The election is changing. It’s becoming bluer. We can all feel it, and it’s why in every way imaginable I would much rather be us than them right now.
For those who couldn’t access my extended Thursday night interview with MSNBC I share it again as it does a very good capturing where I think the race is today:
Next, some very exciting news - House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries will be joining our community live on Monday, July 29th at 1030am ET. The Leader is coming to thank us for all that we’ve done for his top candidates – over $650,000 raised in 7 weeks, thousands of hours of volunteer work logged – and to give us an update on our quest to flip the House this November.
You can register for the event here. It will be recorded for those who cannot make it live. The program on Monday begins at 1015am ET, when I will welcome everyone and give an overview of our Winning The House campaign. I will then welcome Leader Jeffries at 1030am. Registration for this event is first come, first served, and it may fill up so be sure to register and secure your place as soon as you can. Please do not share this link with others so we can ensure the Hopium community members get priority.
I am also excited to release a recording of my interview with Laura Gillen who is running to flip the 4th District of New York. The interview is above. She is a great candidate with a real shot at being part of the team that flips the House this November. You can support Laura by donating to our Winning The House campaign which is split among our 12 Hopium House candidates, by donating to her directly and you can volunteer for her here.
If you are looking for even more ways to turn all the energy and excitement we have right now to into action, please consider donating and/or volunteering for one our Hopium endorsed candidates or state parties today:
Harris For President - $747,000 raised today, $1m goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More. The $747,000 raised is both Biden-Harris and the $147,000 we’ve already raised for Harris for President. Note the new campaign released its first Harris for President merch this week. Stuff looks good!
Winning The House - $598,000 raised today, $600,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More. We’ve also raised more then $50,000 into the individual House campaigns (you can either give to all 12 or each one individually)
North Carolina - $335,000 raised today, $400,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More | Watch my interview with NC Dem Chair Anderson Clayton
Arizona/Ruben Gallego - $301,000 raised today, $350,000 goal - Donate | Volunteer | Learn More | Watch my interview with Ruben Gallego
Nebraska/Blue Dot - $125,000 raised today, $150,000 goal- Donate | Volunteer | Learn More | Watch my interview with NE Dem Chair Jane Kleeb
Here’s how you can do even more:
Volunteer for the Harris campaign - never been more important to volunteer!
Watch our Winning The House interviews with Janelle Bynum (OR-5), George Whitesides (CA-27), Kirsten Engel (AZ-06) Andrei Cherny (AZ-01) and Will Rollins (CA-41). Great candidates all!
Commit to Vote on Day 1 and get everyone you know to join you. Early voting begins in a few states on September 20th, less than 2 months away!
Watch my With Dems presentation on the greatness and goodness of the Democratic Party, this six minute video on the incredible stakes in this election and my new video on why I am optimistic Vice President Harris can win.
Read a new interview with me in the NYTimes about our new election, and you can also find me talking about our new, bluer election in new video pods with Fred Wellman and Jessica Denson.
Finally, please help me spread Hopium and grow this plucky community. Use this link to sign others up to be a Hopium subscriber. Note that options for group and gift subscriptions are available to those who want to bring friends and colleagues into the Hopium community. Click on the group and gift tabs here to learn more. To update your payment information or check your renewal status follow these instructions from Substack. We are now over 96,000 strong - let’s keep the community growing and the Hopium flowing!
Keep working hard all. Proud to be in this fight with all of you - Simon
Hakeem Jeffries Joins Us Monday, My Interview W/Laura Gillen (NY-4), We Choose Freedom!