GOTV
From Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
short for “get out the vote,” this refers to all activities where there is direct contact with voters in order to turn them out to vote. Activities include: forums, phone banking, precinct walking and robo calls. This can include activities several weeks leading up to the election. Some organizations only use the term “GOTV” for the final weekend leading up to Election Day and the actual Election Day.
Movement-Building Electoral Organizing: Dictionary of Terms
- Electoral organizing, Movement-building electoral organizing, Immigrant-focused electoral campaign, Traditional electoral campaign, Work plans
- Issue advocacy, Issue, Direct-action organizing, Lobbying, Constituency target, Decision-maker target
- Media campaign, Media hits
- Voter advocacy, Voting Rights Act, Poll monitoring, Election day activities
- GOTV, Contact, GOTV target list, Phone banking, Precinct, Precinct walking, Raps or scripts, Robo calls
- Science of numbers, Voter turnout, Win number, Consistent voters, Infrequent voters, Swing voters, Expected voters, Base voters
- Evaluation, Tracking, Voter matching, Treatment and control, Exit polling
- Voter files or lists, Universe, Voter targeting, Voter modeling, Voter identification
- Voter technology, Voter Activation Network (VAN), Catalist
- Census, Naturalization, Political education, Training, Volunteer/member recruitment
- Absentee ballot, Poll
