Public Policy & Civic Engagement

At Target, we believe that an engaged civic community is key to a healthy business and a healthy democracy. We believe in encouraging all eligible citizens to vote, and in sharing our expertise and resources with policymakers to ultimately drive better decisions for our guests, our communities and our business.

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Encouraging civic participation for a bright future

Since its founding, Target has proudly stood in support of democracy and encouraged our team members and guests to exercise their right to vote.

Advocating for our team members, business and communities

We believe that engaging in legislative and public policy activity is an important and necessary element of being a diversified, multi-national retail business. We work with policymakers of all political parties to inform them on policies that will affect our team members and guests, business and the communities we serve.

Civic Activity

Civic participation is the backbone of a healthy democracy. We inspire a culture of civic engagement by encouraging participation.
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Issue Advocacy

As a retailer and employer of more than 400,000 team members, we play a constructive role in engaging with policymakers about many legislative issues.
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Political Engagement

Target works with elected officials from all political parties to inform them on policies that will affect our business, team and communities.
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