Vote Common Good

{{Short description|American political advocacy organization}}

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Vote Common Good is an American 501(c)(4) non-profit organization{{cite web|url=https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/allSearch.do?ein1=83-0906939&names=&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&dispatchMethod=searchAll&city=&state=All+States&country=US&postDateFrom=&postDateTo=&exemptTypeCode=al&deductibility=all&sortColumn=orgName&isDescending=false&submitName=Search|title=IRS.gov Tax Exempt Organization Search Results for "Vote Common Good"|website=irs.gov|access-date=2020-08-06}} aimed at influencing religiously motivated voters. The group was founded by its executive director, Doug Pagitt.{{cite web|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/progressive-evangelical-voting-democrats|title=A Progressive Evangelical on Voting for Democrats|website=wnycstudios.org|access-date=2020-08-06}}

During a national bus tour leading up to the 2018 midterm elections,{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flip-congress-bus-gop-midterms_n_5bbb73b0e4b028e1fe3fcc8b|title=Anti-Trump Evangelicals Are On A Nationwide Bus Tour To Flip Congress|website=huffpost.com|date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=2020-08-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.votecommongood.com/bus-tour-events/#past-events|title=Vote Common Good Past Events|website=votecommongood.com|access-date=2020-08-06}} the group held rallies with progressive candidates.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/politics/democrats-progessive-evangelical-election.html|title=Democrats (Wistfully) Take Aim at a Republican Stronghold: Evangelicals|work=The New York Times |date=September 14, 2018 |access-date=2020-08-06 |last1=Dias |first1=Elizabeth }}{{cite web|url=https://www.votecommongood.com/2018-vote-common-good-candidates/|title=2018 Vote Common Good Candidates|website=votecommongood.com|access-date=2020-08-06}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/trump-christian-vote-midterms-resistance-protest-tax-cuts-policies|title='Our faith compels us': Christian resistance to Trump gathers steam|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=2020-08-06 |last1=Sherwood |first1=Harriet }} In 2019 and 2020, the group was focused on encouraging religious voters to oppose the Trump Administration{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/480530-nonprofit-encourages-religious-voters-to-vote-against-trump-during-national|title=Advocacy group launches tour to encourage religious voters to vote against Trump|website=thehill.com|date=January 29, 2020 |access-date=2020-08-06}} through coordination with groups such as The Lincoln Project.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/lincoln-project-gop-religious-base-joe-biden-391427|title='Never Trump' Republicans team with progressives to convert the president's religious base|website=politico.com|date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=2020-08-06}}

According to the group's website, they host events in-person, as well as online podcasts and video programs to influence voters. The group also conducts training events for candidates{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/teaching-democrats-to-speak-evangelical|title=Teaching Democrats to Speak Evangelical|magazine=The New Yorker|date=October 19, 2019 |access-date=2020-08-06 |last1=Griswold |first1=Eliza }} and claims to work with a number of prominent American religious leaders including Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shane Claiborne, John Pavlovitz and Diana Butler Bass.{{cite web|url=https://www.votecommongood.com/voices-of-vote-common-good|title=Voices of Vote Common Good|website=votecommongood.com|access-date=2020-08-06}}