AFT

Labor Union Voter Mobilization and GOTV Support

Description

AFT deploys six busloads of volunteers to power the campaign's get-out-the-vote push. Will Bailey cites their support at an Orange County press conference, pairing it with door-to-door canvassing and daily rallies to counter skepticism and rally momentum for Democratic policies on schools, health, and environment. AFT acts as a rapid-response ally, turning union manpower into electoral muscle amid tight races.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events
S4E6 · Game On
Pressroom Pivot — Humor, Persuasion, Moral Framing

AFT is cited as the source of six busloads of volunteers — a tangible resource that undergirds Will's claim of organizational muscle and grassroots reach.

Active Representation

Referenced through volunteer deployment and logistical support; no formal spokesman appears on stage

Power Dynamics

Ally providing manpower and credibility; exerts soft power through mobilization capacity

Institutional Impact

Shows labor's continued role as a ground force in electoral contests; complicates narratives of campaign weakness

Organizational Goals
Support get-out-the-vote efforts to influence the 47th District outcome Demonstrate union mobilization as political leverage
Influence Mechanisms
Deploying volunteers and buses Signaling institutional backing through sheer manpower

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

30 events
S1E1
A Moment of Distraction Across the Bar

In the middle of a fraught night, Sam deflects a reporter’s probing about Josh with practiced, protective banter—insisting Josh isn’t going anywhere—before being abruptly distracted …

S1E1
Morning-After Pager: 'POTUS' Turns Intimacy into Crisis

A private, easy morning after a one-night stand is brutally converted into an urgent White House crisis when Laurie, high and distracted, reads Sam's pager …

S1E1
Damage Control: Leo Confronts Josh on Cubans and the Christian Right

Leo moves through the White House corridors to find Josh and immediately corrals him into damage control. They argue about an unfolding Cuban-raft humanitarian crisis …

S1E1
Bartlet Forces Christian Leaders to Denounce the Lambs of God

A tense delegation from the Christian right presses the White House for concessions after Josh's televised gaffe. The meeting spirals from politicking to moral abrasion …

S1E1
Break's Over" — Bartlet Reclaims the Oval

After a tense, private reckoning among staff, President Bartlet storms back into the Oval and snatches the room's moral center. He tells a wry, pointed …

S1E2
Mandy Confronts Russell — The Deal That Buried 443

Mandy abandons her BMW and lunges across a Washington street to confront Senator Lloyd Russell after learning he quietly stalled Bill 443. Russell admits the …

S1E2
Keg of Glory — Donna's Quiet Alarm

Josh bursts from his office declaring a gleeful, public victory — strutting, demanding muffins and bagels, and soaking up the bullpen's applause. The beat plays …

S1E2
Outer Oval Triage — Draft Handoff and Morris' Offer

As staff file out of the Oval the room does bureaucratic triage: Leo nails down who will write the Hilton Head draft and schedules a …

S1E2
Comic Pivot, Optics Escalate

At the podium C.J. attempts to steady a suddenly choppy briefing: after a light birthday beat, Mike presses her on a terse Vice Presidential line …

S1E2
Sam's Confession: Private Mistake, Public Threat

After finishing a speech draft, Sam pulls Toby aside and confesses he "accidentally" slept with a call girl. What Sam intends as a contrite, personal …

S1E2
Coat, Confrontation, and a Fragile Truce

After a public humiliation, Sam follows Laurie into the cold and alternates between clumsy contrition and self‑exposure. Laurie refuses his money, asserts her autonomy and …

S1E3
Ambushed: C.J. Confronts Josh

Donna corner-plays Josh in the lobby, using gossip and a demand for a raise to destabilize him and drop the explosive hint: 'Sam, a woman, …

S1E3
Strike Today — Bartlet's Fury and the Missing Glasses

President Bartlet erupts outside the Oval, accusing military advisors Cashman and Berryhill of stonewalling after the downing of an American airliner and demanding a response …

S1E3
Glasses, Grief, and the Demand to Strike

In the Oval Office after a tense walk from the portico, a grieving, furious President Bartlet alternates between ordering an immediate military response and abruptly …

S1E3
Morning Briefing: Mood, Menace, and Measured Response

Leo returns from the Oval to a room keyed up about the President's temperament. Josh's blunt "How's his mood?" fixes the anxious tone; Sam produces …

S1E3
Transcript of Threat Splits the Staff

Sam produces a radio transcript in Leo's office revealing Congressman Coles — speaking with military officers — threatening the President's safety. Toby erupts, demanding the …

S1E3
Containment and the Address: From Outrage to Operational Focus

Leo convenes senior staff after the President's fury, and Sam produces a damning transcript of Congressman Coles threatening the President alongside military officers. Toby erupts, …

S1E3
Sidelined: Josh’s Restlessness and Mandy’s Barb

Josh drifts through his bullpen asking after Charlie and exposing a brittle impatience at being reduced to spectator while the White House scrambles. Donna tries …

S1E3
Charlie Supplies the Phoenix Context

As the Oval descends into frantic pre-broadcast chaos — missing glasses, a shredded speech draft, and the revelation that "we just blew up the Syrian …

S1E3
Closed Door: Retaliation vs. Restraint

Leo shuts the office doors to force a private confrontation where grief, rage and statecraft collide. Bartlet vents a classical, almost biblical demand for overwhelming …

S1E3
Retribution and Restraint: A President's Fury, A Chief's Counsel

In Leo's office Bartlet erupts, demanding unmistakeable retribution for the downed airliner — invoking Roman citizenship as a moral precedent and insisting overwhelming force will …

S1E3
A Quiet Joke, Then the President's Strike

Backstage in the Oval the mood is raw: Charlie stands awkwardly between private grief and a dizzying offer of work; Bartlet gently recruits him, turning …

S1E4
Leela Forces Toby to Confront a Suspicious Stock Windfall

In Toby's office Leela from White House Counsel interrogates Toby about a single, explosive stock position that jumped from $5,000 to $125,000 immediately after his …

S1E4
Authorize the Hard Line on Katzenmoyer

In Leo's office, a domestic panic (Leo realizing he forgot his anniversary) is undercut by urgent political crisis: Josh bursts in determined to confront Congressman …

S1E4
Hoynes Delivers the Vote — and a Quiet Lifeline

Leo arrives at Vice President Hoynes' office emotionally unmoored after the gun‑control bill falls five votes short. Hoynes immediately neutralizes the political crisis—promising to see …

S1E5
The Big Cheese and the Green Card

A tonal shift is staged in two beats: Leo's playful, Jacksonian 'big block of cheese' speech—equal parts ritual and reproof—performs unity while staff privately mock …

S1E5
The Green Card: Exclusion Delivered

In Leo's office after the Roosevelt Room chatter, NSC officer Jonathan Lacey privately hands Josh a green evacuation card — a terse, practical item that …

S1E5
Chili Night: Bartlet Deflates the Briefing and Reorients the Room

During a dense Roosevelt Room budget briefing, President Bartlet punctures the technical fog with an intimate, paternal announcement: his daughter Zoey is in town and …

S1E5
Hollywood Fundraiser Moral Standoff

A Roosevelt Room meeting careens from fiscal seriousness into a domestic beat — Zoey's visit and Bartlet's announced chili night — before Mandy proposes a …

S1E5
The Card Question — Josh Faces Being Chosen

After the brisk Oval and senior staff meeting, Josh corners Sam in the communications office to ask about the NSC "evacuation" cards. His tentative questioning …