Win the Future
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| Win the Future | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Founder(s): | •Mark Pincus •Reid Hoffman |
| Year founded: | 2017 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Win the Future (WTF) is a project funded by The Voice and Choice Project, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, aimed at developing platform positions based around what WTF's website says are its "pro-social, pro-planet, and pro-business" priorities. According to the project's co-founder, Mark Pincus, WTF is "a new movement and force within the Democratic Party, which can act like its own virtual party."[1][2]
WTF was also founded with the goal of recruiting its own Democratic candidates for public office.[1]
Mission[edit]
According to the project's website, Win the Future (WTF) has the following mission statement:
| “ | #WTF is building the first people’s lobby where the members set the agenda. We’re starting with an ethos that is pro-social, pro-planet, and pro-business. Our objective is to help millions of Americans organize around a common platform. Our goal is to aggregate our voices and money around the issues that we want to top our government’s agenda. We want to turn that agenda into electoral wins and an overall mandate for our country.[2][3] | ” |
Background[edit]
Win the Future (WTF) was established in July 2017 by Zynga founder Mark Pincus and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman with the aim of bringing Americans together behind what it describes on its website as "an ethos that is pro-social, pro-planet, and pro-jobs."[1][2]
WTF seeks to use Twitter as a tool for individuals to propose platform issues and vote on proposals. The project then plans to broadcast the most popular platform proposals on billboards near airports around Washington, D.C., in order to gain the attention of lawmakers. According to the project's website, WTF's initial platform proposals solicited public feedback on whether engineering degrees should be free for all Americans and whether congressional leaders should impeach President Donald Trump (R).[1][2]
WTF aims to use social media pressure as a means of encouraging Democratic politicians and candidates to adopt the project's platform. "We're not just trying to be an arm of the Democratic Party," Pincus told Business Insider. "We're trying to say that the Democratic Party needs to change if it wants our votes and our money and our time."[4]
Of the project’s goals relative to the Democratic Party, Pincus stated, "I’m fearful the Democratic Party is already moving too far to the left." He continued, "I want to push the Democratic Party to be more in touch with mainstream America, and on some issues, that’s more left, and on some issues it might be more right." According to Pincus, WTF endeavors to position itself as "pro-social [and] pro-planet, but also pro-business and pro-economy."[1][2]
In addition to building a platform, WTF was also founded with the aim of supporting its own Democratic candidates for public office, known as WTF Democrats. According to Recode, WTF has considered supporting a Democratic primary challenger to run against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D). The project has also considered backing potential Democratic candidate Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind to challenge U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein.[1][5]
Leadership[edit]
As of July 2017, the following individuals held leadership positions with Win the Future:[1][6]
- Mark Pincus, Co-founder
- Reid Hoffman, Co-founder
- Adam Werbach, Founding team member
- Claudia Ceniceros, Founding team member
- Danielle Guerin, Founding team member
- Gabriel Lewis, Founding team member
- Anna Fedorova, Founding team member
- Stephan Jenkins, Founding team member
Finances[edit]
According to the project's website, Win the Future (WTF) is funded by The Voice and Choice Project, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.[2]
Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman both donated $500,000 to the movement. WTF has also received financial support from Democratic donor Jeffrey Katzenberg and venture capitalists Fred Wilson and Sunil Paul.[1]
Recent news[edit]
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Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Recode, "Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman are launching a new group to rethink the Democratic Party," July 3, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Win the Future, "What is WTF," accessed July 5, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Business Insider, "2 tech billionaires are trying to start a third political party that's 'pro-business, pro-planet' — here's how it works," June 5, 2017
- ↑ Vanity Fair, "THE 'WTF' PLAN TO DISRUPT POLITICS IS EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH SILICON VALLEY," July 5, 2017
- ↑ Win the Future, "Team," accessed July 5, 2017
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