AFL-CIO 14 Day Sprint

The AFL-CIO labor federation willl deploy 250,000 volunteers to 20 states over the next few weeks, hoping to maximize turnout among 13 million specially targeted union members. This is the largest independent  GOTV program in the nation.

With its member-to-member communication and up-to-date microtargeting, AFL-CIO officials say they've seen significant evolution in the hard-to-reach parts of the voter universe:

Active members who own guns support Obama -- the margin has doubled since September.
Active members who are veterans now support Obama by 13 points. Active union members in Appalachia (Ohio and Pennsylvania) supported McCain and Obama evenly in September and now support Obama by 22 points. Retirees in the battleground states now support Obama by nearly 30 points.

120,000 of the volunteers will work in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania; 25,000 be deployed from states like California, New York and Illinois.

According to AFL-CIO officials, union voters in aggregate have received nearly 70 million phone calls, had their doors knocked on 10 million times and recieved 57 pieces of mail.

In addition to the 250,000 volunteers, the AFL-CIO is paying for 4,000 people to work full-time on election between now and November 4.