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Our next president must be committed to protecting and advancing the civil liberties and civil rights guaranteed to all of us in the Constitution, and the current goal for our is to educate voters on where the candidates stand on these key issues. We now have most of the results from the Iowa caucuses last week, and one thing stood out to us: Voters overwhelmingly supported candidates who made specific commitments to Rights for All policies. When we launched the Rights for All effort last year, we were determined to elevate key civil liberties issues in the presidential campaign. For the first time, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û invested in grassroots organizing in the early primary and caucus states to directly engage with candidates by asking them to commit to specific policies that advance civil liberties and civil rights. Over 1,000 volunteers did exactly that. Candidate campaigns, members of the press, and others have repeatedly noted how impressive and omnipresent our volunteers are. In event after event, month after month, our volunteers about their positions on immigrant justice, reproductive freedom, criminal justice reform, and voting rights. We were able to make real progress on moving the candidates and the conversation on these issues, and Iowa became a pivotal part of that work. It was in Iowa where Bernie Sanders to voting rights for all and thrust voting rights to the center of the race. It was in Iowa, where Elizabeth Warren gave the clear, direct, unequivocal commitment to , which denies Medicaid coverage for abortion, that we need from every candidate running for the highest office.After gaining these commitments and many , our volunteers have worked hard to ensure voters knew where candidates stood. From across the state to sent directly to voters to comparing the candidates, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û used all the tools in our toolbox to keep civil liberties and civil rights top of mind heading into the caucuses. And this week, we found out our hard work paid off. The vast majority of voters supported candidates who made the strongest commitments to advance civil liberties. Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren finished as in Iowa, and all have committed to cutting federal incarceration levels by 50 percent, minimizing the use of deadly force by police through federal guidance, and ending the use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers.

All across Iowa, we were able to talk to voters to explain how the next president can lead on these issues. As we look toward New Hampshire this week, where issues like and broke through from our volunteers’ questions, we will continue to educate voters until the moment voting starts.