If there’s one locality responsible for Democrats’ success in Pennsylvania statewide elections, it’s Philadelphia.
During the 2020 election, the City of Brotherly Love delivered more than 600,000 votes for Joe Biden in his victory over Donald Trump in the Keystone State. It also helped Democrats Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman win their respective gubernatorial and Senate campaigns during the 2022 midterms.
With another contested presidential race rapidly approaching, juicing voter turnout in the dark-blue city is paramount for Democrats hoping to push an unlikeable Kamala Harris across the Electoral College finish line — and they may have found a way to do it.
While largely underreported, the Philadelphia mayor’s office has been using a data-gathering software provider that works exclusively with the Democrat Party to operate aspects of its online web portal. Known as NGP-VAN, this tech company has provided an array of services to “Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations,” such as “fundraising, compliance, field, organizing, digital, and social networking products.”
As detailed on its website, NGP-VAN has worked with the Democratic National Committee and was previously used by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for its “voter contact, volunteer, fundraising and compliance operations in all 50 states.” The company also expresses support for numerous left-wing causes, such as so-called “racial justice” and “climate change,” and has been paid for its services by numerous Democrat campaigns.
But those revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. NGP-VAN’s handling and possible distribution of client user data to left-wing political campaigns
