with just four months to go before the midterm elections, democrats today are getting a major boost from some new political players. hundreds of grassroots groups borne out of donald trump s election are now channeling their anger and frustration into political action. one group in particular known as swing left has come up with a bit of a unique plan to flip the house blue. msnbc s chris jansing got an exclusive look inside their campaign. reporter: in a broadway theater packed with celebrities. the night s unlikely star is a freelance writer turned political power player. he s ethan todress. after donald trump won, he felt just like these folks did. i was feeling, you know, despondent, depressed. reporter: like the new yorkers at this party, he lives in a deep blue congressional district in western massachusetts. i was looking for a place where i could make a difference. i found it just across the border.
grassroots. thank you so much. reporter: you beat a slew of other people on election night. how much money did you have left? we had almost nothing left. we spent pretty much down to zero. reporter: the group gave her over $160,000, with more coming in every day. swing left is now in 78 congressional districts in 29 states. whole families are turning out like the bartletts. why swing left? it takes a village to flip a house. so reporter: did you make that up, it takes a village to flip a house? i guess i just did. reporter: that s pretty good. back on broadway, ethan is winning over more converts. can mandy pitaken who s famous knock on doors? absolutely, that s what we do. we are absolutely going to do that. reporter: and the party s host, producer jordan, fresh off winning a tony, has his eye on a different prize now, control of the house. you either lay down or you