If there’s one thing the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) does flawlessly, it’s numbers. EVP uses data analytics to identify non-voting environmentalists across 17 states and then applies behavioral science-informed messaging to turn those environmentalists into better voters. To date, EVP has helped turn over 1,030,000 non-voting environmentalists into “super-voters” who now vote in every election.
If there’s one thing the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) does flawlessly, it’s numbers. EVP uses data analytics to identify non-voting environmentalists across 17 states and then applies behavioral science-informed messaging to turn those environmentalists into better voters. To date, EVP has helped turn over 1,030,000 non-voting environmentalists into “super-voters” who now vote in every election.
While this may be intimidating to some, for others like Seana, it’s precisely what drew them into volunteering for the organization.
“I’m not a numbers person, but I love numbers people,” said Seana Parker-Dalton, one of EVP’s star volunteers. “If you tell me to spend an hour doing something and tell me what the results of doing so will be, that’s catnip to me. I love quantifiable data. I want to know that I’m getting something accomplished.”
And getting something accomplished is an understatement when looking at Seana’s track record as an EVP volunteer.
As a mother of two, Seana will phone bank for EVP whenever she has a spare moment to do so. Whether that’s an hour before getting the kids ready for school or in the short window of free time she has before going to pick them up, Seana will take advantage of EVP’s flexible scheduling to call voters reminding them of their upcoming elections. She tries to phone bank two or three times a week, but recognizes the importance of reaching voters during peak election season.
“It’s important to do this groundwork before we’re on the brink of an election. So while I try to phone bank as often as I can, sometimes I’m more driven because I know I have to take care of this when something is happening. And even if I don’t get through my whole call sheet, those are still calls that someone else doesn’t have to do and that makes me feel good about being a part of this movement.”
Over the last year, EVP volunteers have been sending voters personalized postcards reminding them to vote in their upcoming local elections. Ahead of the Colorado primaries, Seana wrote 100 postcards to voters – while sitting in her sports chair at soccer practice, in the passenger seat of the car on the way to Boston, or at home killing time before picking up the kids.
Seana was so dedicated to this mission that upon learning she needed surgery the same day the postcards needed to be mailed, her primary concern was for the postcards.
“I had a panic a few days before the postcards had to be mailed because I knew they had to be in the mail on June 7th and I was getting surgery that day! The minute I realized it was the same day, my first thought was ‘oh no! The postcards!’ We ended up dropping them off the night before but my concern was first and foremost about these postcards.”
There is no question that Seana’s dedication went above and beyond the call of duty and we here at EVP thank her immensely for her work.
Like all EVP’s volunteers, Seana’s efforts make a real and tangible difference in the fight against climate change.
“If we don’t prioritize climate, we don’t really have anything else.”
We couldn’t agree more, Seana.