Resources for Your Watch Party

On Social Media

• Tag Us: We encourage you to share on your social media that you are watching the debate and make sure to tag us via @kamalaharris, @timwalz (@tim_walz on X/Twitter), @thedemocrats or use #TeamKamala and #TeamHarrisWalz
• Picture Taking Pro-Tips: Make sure your pictures are candid, show a full room, and some smiling faces.
• Sharing Reach Content: Challenge your guests to share content on Reach throughout the night.

Ask Your Guests to Take Action

Have Walz’s back in the debate – set a goal and ask your guests to take action!

Asking your friends may seem hard, but it’s the best way to get them involved, and we’ve made this worksheet to help you through it. Your role in engaging your friends with what matters to them – and giving them the opportunity to fight for it – is essential to our winning the campaign!

Make Calls

• Call voters in battleground states.
• Have one-on-one conversations with targeted voters.
• How to Sign Up: National Organizing Phonebank Signup Link

Download Reach

• Share campaign content to your community via:
  • Text messages
  • Email
  • Social media
  • Direct messages
  • Your story
  • Posts
• Reach Training Link
• Use Reach on a non-mobile device
  • Enter campaign key: HWVDJ3
• Use Reach on a mobile device

Join Discord

• Ask everyone to join our virtual field office.
• Discord Invite Link

Tips to Bring Some Joy

When your debate watch party has moments and content for your guests to share with their people, it creates a sense of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), helping to spread the word and get others engaged. See below for some ideas for a fun debate watch party!

• Dress to Impress: Ask your guests to attend dressed like VP Harris (known for converse and pantsuits) or Gov. Walz (who rocks flannel shirts, jeans, and a camo hat).
• Games: Games like “debate bingo” or a “jelly bean guessing game” (counting how many times Walz says “wow” or “weird,” or Vance says the interviewer’s name) allow guests to make predictions and stay engaged.
• Sip and Drink or Eat and Meet: Offer Harris-Walz inspired foods and drinks, like “Midwestern roots beer” & “Piña Kama-das” or Harris-Walz favorites like Doritos and turkey legs.
• Pet-friendly: Allowing guests to bring their pets will allow for a higher attendance rate for pet owners. “The Underdogs pre-debate pack walk” and “Dogz for Walz” are examples.
• Playlists: Guests share Kamala and Tim-inspired songs.
• Harris-Walz on the Walls: Set up a table near an empty wall and answer with sticky notes “I’m voting for Harris-Walz because…” or “My favorite thing about Tim is…”

Watch Party Host FAQs

Q: How many people should I invite?
A: You should aim to have a comfortable number for your space.

Q: Who should I invite?
A: This is a private event for friends and family! This is meant for you to have a good time together and discuss what matters most to you.

Q: How do I invite people?
A: Invite your friends and family the way you would invite them to anything else. Use whatever form of communication (text, call, DMs on your personal social media) you normally use with them – and you can even invite them via Reach.

Q: When should my watch party start?
A: We recommend gathering together with snacks 30 minutes before the debate begins.

Q: Where can we watch the debate?
A: CBS will be airing the debate.

Q: What should people bring?
A: People don’t need to bring anything other than their phones and perhaps snacks to share if they would like!