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.
Political Cartoons Say It Best No description necessary … Feeding The Fringe – Adam Zyglis Les Deplorables – R.J. Matson Butthurt Base
Keep Reading
Will your be affected by toxic fumes from the Ohio train derailment? Check wind patterns with this real-time map. Toxic chemicals spread from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio. Which way are the winds blowing the toxic fumes? Who
Keep Reading
“The Trump administration is demanding that all school districts fully reopen in the fall or risk losing their federal funding”. Your children have become political pawns. How can parents be mobilized to
More
COVID-19 has forced campaigns to move organizing and fundraising online. Conferencing apps are great for meetings, but lacking key features for political events where the goal is to get attendees to take
More
Start a chain reaction Savvy organizers extend their reach by having supporters text their friends. VoteForce makes relational organizing fast, easy and affordable. Here’s how a slate of candidates in Michigan are
More
One in five Americans speaks a language other than English at home. CIS85% of Facebook videos are watched without sound. DigiDayThe message is clear: caption and translate videos to maximize their impact. How does
More
Mapping the protests across America Preview(opens in a new tab) Protests sweep the nation, but it’s hard to fully appreciate the hunger for change. Where are protests occurring? What are their demands?
More
Necessity is the mother of invention. A team of Kalamazoo candidates innovate to overcome their lack of resources. BackgroundThe candidates have little funding and few technical resources, so the choice to use
More
Multiple websites, voting locations that may change between early voting and the general election. It isn’t easy to get the information needed to vote.
More
Recruiting supporters at an event is hard. Lot’s of people, activity and little time. How can it be done easily with little time time, money and technical skills?
More
Reclaim Our Vote, a grassroots group in Virginia is innovating to GOTV in Virginia’s primary election. Volunteers will text 32,000 voters in five days.
More
Georgia is truly special. Hours long lines to vote. Missing vote by mail ballots. $110 million spent on new voting machines. What gives?
More