Working Families Endorsements
Working Families members around the state interview prospective candidates who’ve applied for the WFP’s endorsement. It’s a pioneering, grassroots process that helps hold politicians accountable to regular, working people.
How it works:
Politicians seeking the Working Families endorsement (and our line on the ballot) go through a rigorous endorsement process. First, they apply by filling out our thorough questionnaire. We want to know where they stand on all the issues that matter to working families: everything from affordable healthcare, to fair taxes, to outsourcing to education.
Then, candidates appear before screening committees, where local WFP members have the chance to question prospective candidates face to face. In today’s politics, it’s an all too rare moment that politicians have to answer directly to ordinary people, but that’s what the Working Families Party is all about.
Endorsements are recommended by those screen committees then voted on by the WFP’s State Committee, made up of leaders from grassroots organizations around the state.
Our members only endorse the candidates that will commit to supporting our priority issues and side with working families over Wall Street banks and DC special interests. We may endorse a major party candidate if they meet our standards. Sometimes the WFP won’t make an endorsement if none of the candidates are good enough. And sometimes, if no candidate satisfies us, we'll run one of our own as a standard bearer for our values -- and sometimes we win.