Democracy Labs is a hub for ongoing technology and creative innovation that serves progressive campaigns and organizations at the national, state, and local levels.
Our focus is on long term, sustainable and affordable solutions. An approach that is longer than an election cycle, and isn’t purely dependant on volunteers, can enable more qualified candidates to run for office and for more issue groups to bring about positive social change.
Democracy Labs is a project of the Tides Advocacy Fund.
DemLabs is partnering with voting rights groups on 'Voter Suppression Dirty Tricks' project to raise public awareness of the range of techniques
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Cliff Albright, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund used $1,000 in geo-targeting and mobile advertising to get out the African American vote.
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Kumu is a free application that helps make sense of a complex web of relations and motivations such as those exposed during the impeachments hearings.
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Cliff Albright, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund used $1,000 in geo-targeting and mobile advertising to get out the African American vote.
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Campaigns struggle with limited time, money and skills to get their message heard. Free, innovative apps level the playing field.
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Most major media outlets in the US broadcast in English. New technology transcribes, translates and captions videos into different languages immediately.
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This is how Bhuwan's team ran a winning mobile ad campaign to get-out-the vote (GOTV) in four days for under $300 with a little guidance from DemLabs.
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A strategic plan has to factor for many variables. Mapping software enables better decision making by presenting information clearly.
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The Quizlet interactive course explains how to 'frame' issues using explanations, questions, images and audio recordings.
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A pilot program between Common Cause and DemLabs using Esri technology will collect details on voting challenges during the upcoming Nov 2019 elections.
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Campaigns have to make the most of limited time, money and staff. What events should be held? Where? When? What are the other campaigns doing?
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DemLabs is partnering with voting rights groups on 'Voter Suppression Dirty Tricks' project to raise public awareness of the range of techniques used to suppress votes.
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