Doug Pagitt, an evangelical pastor and executive director of the anti-Trump Vote Common Good organization. JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Another group targeting traditionally Republican-leaning voters is Vote Common Good, which began in 2018 with a bus tour that traveled to 37 cities during the midterm elections.
It aims to help Democrats by focusing on evangelical and Catholic voters aged 40 and older in swing states. The group has raised $1.2 million since January 1, 2024, with messaging focusing on the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and what it says are the threats of Christian nationalism.
“It’s not a personal thing with Donald Trump,” Vote Common Good executive director Doug Pagitt told Newsweek. “It’s what he represents and what he said—both on policy, but more so on the approach of what political power should do.