Editing MoveOn (section)

=== 2016 election efforts ===
==== Run Warren Run ====
In December 2014, MoveOn.org began their campaign to get Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]] to run to be the 45th president of the United States. MoveOn.org's plan to get Warren to run for office included getting their large base of supporters to sign a petition urging Warren to run, spending roughly a million dollars on television advertisements in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that kicked off the presidential nomination process, and creating a website called "Run Warren Run".<ref name=":1">Editor, Sam Stein Senior Politics; Post, The Huffington (June 2, 2015). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/02/elizabeth-warren-run-warren-run_n_7489602.html "Run Warren Run Folds As Elizabeth Warren Spurns White House Bid"]. ''The Huffington Post''. Retrieved 2016-11-18.</ref> When asked about the "Run Warren Run" campaign, Ilya Sheyman, MoveOn.org's executive director, made it clear that the mindset behind the campaign was to show Warren that there was a path for her to the presidency and that there was a substantial amount of grass-roots energy in key states that would support her if she chose to do so.<ref name=":1" /> By the end of the campaign, MoveOn.org got 365,000 signatures showing support for Warren and had planned, organized, and executed over 400 events.<ref name=":1" /> In the end, Warren did not run for the 2016 presidency.<ref name="Bernie versus Hillary">{{cite journal|last1=Lenchner|first1=Charles|date=September 2015|title=Bernie versus Hillary: Building an Outsider Left Inside the Democratic Party|journal=New Labor Forum|volume=24|issue=3|pages=62–67|doi=10.1177/1095796015597246|s2cid=157251089}}</ref>

==== Support for Bernie Sanders ====
After failing to get Senator Warren to run for the presidency, MoveOn.org chose to back [[Bernie Sanders|Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)]] after 78% of its membership voted in favor of him rather than Hillary Clinton or Martin O'Malley.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|date=January 12, 2016|title=MoveOn Site Puts Its Backing Behind Bernie Sanders|work=First Draft|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/12/moveon-site-puts-its-backing-behind-bernie-sanders/}}</ref> Ilya Sheyman claimed that Bernie Sanders' consistent fortitude in regards to standing up to big money and corporate interests really resonated with their members.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=January 12, 2016|title=MoveOn endorses Bernie Sanders|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/265526-moveon-endorses-bernie-sanders/|access-date=November 18, 2016|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

Democratic candidates were invited to participate in an online forum, which involved the candidates answering questions submitted by MoveOn members via video. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley agreed.

MoveOn endorsed Senator Sanders for President of the United States after holding online elections in which 340,665 members reportedly cast their ballot. 78.6% of these supported the Junior Senator from Vermont, while 14.6% and 0.9% threw themselves behind Former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] and Former Maryland Governor [[Martin O'Malley]], respectively.<ref>Sheyman, Ilya. (November 30, 2007). [http://front.moveon.org/top-5-for-bernie/#.VpUUapMrIcg "The Top 5 Reasons MoveOn Members Voted to Endorse Bernie (with the Most Votes and Widest Margin in Our History)"], ''[[Moveon.org]]'', January 12, 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sanders campaign endorsed by MoveOn.org|url=http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/51a6be097cf34fa9a965bd84dbacc028/sanders-campaign-endorsed-moveonorg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114112032/http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/51a6be097cf34fa9a965bd84dbacc028/sanders-campaign-endorsed-moveonorg|archive-date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 12, 2016|website=The Big Story|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== United Against Hate ====
In response to the rhetoric of [[Donald Trump]] during the 2016 presidential election, MoveOn ran a general-election campaign in 2016 under the headline "United Against Hate" which hired dozens of organizers in key battleground states<ref>{{Cite web|title=MoveOn.org Hiring Dozens of Organizers in 8 Battleground States, Kicking Off Major 'United Against Hate' Field Effort to Defeat Trump, and Win the Senate|url=https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/08/25/moveonorg-hiring-dozens-organizers-8-battleground-states-kicking-major-united|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=Common Dreams|language=en}}</ref> and utilized volunteer-to-voter contact, digital advertising, video production, and cultural organizing to try to affect the outcome of the election. Celebrity supporters of this effort included Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington, Julianne Moore, Macklemore, and Neil Patrick Harris.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mic|title=Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington Join More Than 100 Celebrities in Campaign to Stop Trump|url=https://mic.com/articles/149731/shona-rhimes-kerry-washington-join-more-than-100-celebrities-in-campaign-to-stop-trump#.fBjx6CJ1T|access-date=November 18, 2016|work=Mic|date=July 26, 2016 }}</ref> It has taken credit for helping to promote the [[2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest]], and for paying for printing protest signs and a banner.<ref name="ShutItDown">{{cite news|last1=Seitz-Wald|first1=Alex|date=March 12, 2016|title=How Bernie Sanders Supporters Shut Down Donald Trump's Rally in Chicago|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/how-bernie-sanders-supporters-shut-down-donald-trump-s-rally-n537191|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MoveOnConfirms">{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=Eugene|last2=Johns|first2=Joe|date=March 12, 2016|title=Sanders: Don't blame my supporters for violence at Trump rally|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/12/politics/bernie-sanders-donald-trump/|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> The goal of the campaign was to stop Trump, whom MoveOn viewed as a "dangerous" and "divisive" leader.<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/3352446/united-against-hate-michael-stipe-mark-ruffalo-over-100-artists-form-coalition-to-defeat-trump/ "United Against Hate: Michael Stipe, Mark Ruffalo, Over 100 Artists Form Coalition To Defeat Trump". ''The Inquisitr News''. Retrieved 2016-11-18]</ref> Trump went on to win the 2016 presidential election.