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.
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Doctors triage patients. Campaigns should triage voters and focus limited resources on persuadable voters.
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DemLabs and Deliver My Vote are testing digital Pledge to Vote At Home cards to encourage more potential voters. This solution improves canvasser productivity and cut costs.
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These canvassing solutions are ideal for groups with little cash and tech savvy. The apps are used by millions of customers and come from large software firms not dependent on the election
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We used the free Kumu app to analyze the relationships and political donations behind this disgrace.
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Collect, curate & share information with Wakelet, an app that consolidates information from the different sources into an easy to use resource.
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Millions listen to podcasts but not enough are hosted and produced by women. How can we fix this?
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This parody video shows the similarities between the start of the last Iraq war and the recent US killing of Iranian General Soleimani.
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Spoof videos are weapons of mass persuasion. They convert popular movie clips into political messages disguised as satire. The videos are inexpensive to make, but get millions of views as they’re mass shared. How are memes created? Storylines chosen?
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We used the free Kumu app to understand how McDonalds boosts its profits and exploits workers with lobbyists and political donations.
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This bulletin describes a pilot project to empower a remote, rural community in Alabama through affordable internet access.
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