Model and Strategy
The Campaign Hub for Democracy will expand upon the work we currently do with our grassroots membership, putting our digital media assets and grassroots organizing capacity to work for partners running campaigns in pursuit of systemic political reforms. We can provide valuable and needed support to “fill in the gaps” in reform efforts across the country and, by doing so, accelerate change in this issue area.
We believe political power comes from real people – conservatives, progressives, and everyone between – united, organized, and taking action locally. Our candid indictments of the broken political system, and our popular policy solutions to fix it, have already inspired hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans to become a part of the movement. We empower and mobilize the most passionate activists to enact meaningful change in their communities.
Helping campaigns flourish will create further avenues for engagement in the fight against government corruption. Not only will the campaigns provide opportunities for real people to move the needle in support of reform, but the policies they pass will facilitate participation in our democracy for future generations.
Impact
A 2015 Bloomerberg study (https://bloom.bg/2ib8gOI) showed that social change in the U.S. follows a pattern: a few pioneer states get out front before the others, and then a key event—often a court decision or a grassroots campaign reaching maturity—triggers a rush of state activity that ultimately leads to a change in federal law.
The Campaign Hub aims to propel the Democracy Movement toward that trigger moment by dramatically facilitating the success of state and local democracy reforms over the next two years. With proper development of the Campaign Hub, we estimate that we’ll be able to partner with eight to ten campaigns pursuing systemic reforms like ranked choice voting, redistricting, and public financing.
In the long-term, we foresee numerous impacts: elections will be more fair and competitive; Americans will be more engaged in democracy, because each vote matters more; the percentage of gerrymandered House races will reduce from 86%; the number of sitting independent and “third-party” politicians will rise; voter registration and participation will increase. This would, in turn, result in more public-interest-oriented policy outcomes at the local, state, and federal levels.
Leadership
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Joshua Graham Lynn
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Josh Silver
Co-Founder & Director