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 universal healthcare, to fair taxes, to outsourcing to healthcare.
Then, candidates appear before local screening committees, where WFP chapter 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 is all about.
Endorsements are recommended by local chapters, then confirmed by the WFP’s statewide Committee, made up of representatives from chapters across the state and the WFP’s affiliated community groups and unions.
Usually, our members endorse whatever candidate will really stand up for the issues our members care about. Sometimes the WFP won’t make an endorsement if none of the candidates are good enough. And sometimes, we run our own candidates to show working people can’t be taken for granted -- and even to win.