Strategy: Activate your base
Focus on voters most likely to support you, then make sure they vote. This works best when your base can supply most of the votes you need.
Build a list of likely supporters and plan repeated turnout reminders.North Carolina
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Run the Campaign from One Place
Start with a strategy for your race. Competitive Campaigns turns it into voter lists, scheduled work, field assignments, fundraising follow-up, and a clear view of what the team should do next.
Choose how your campaign will win
Start with the strategy that fits your race. We turn it into a vote goal, targeted voter lists, and campaign work your team can complete.
Strategy: Persuasion
Focus on voters who may be open to your campaign. Use direct conversations to introduce the candidate, learn what matters, and ask for support.
Build a persuasion list and start recording voter conversations.Strategy: Hybrid
Split your time between likely supporters and voters you need to persuade. This is a practical starting point when you need both groups to win.
Build separate base and persuasion lists so each group receives the right message.- Choose a strategy you can run
- Start with base turnout, persuasion, or a mix of both.Your strategy shapes the voter lists and campaign work we recommend. You can change it as the race develops.
- Know what winning requires
- See a realistic vote-goal estimate based on historical turnout in your district.Review the elections behind the estimate. If the available data is not strong enough, we explain why we cannot show a number.
- Turn the plan into campaign work
- See the next priorities, key dates, and progress in one campaign headquarters.Schedule campaign commitments, prepare volunteers, and mark work complete as your team carries it out.
- Put voter contact into motion
- Build lists for your strategy and turn them into canvassing and phone-bank work.Record contact attempts, conversations, and support so the team knows what is done and what needs follow-up.
- Keep fundraising work current
- Track an ActBlue fundraising goal and see which contributions still need a thank-you.Each campaign connects its own ActBlue page and contribution data. Competitive Campaigns does not process donations.
- See what is changing in the race
- Review filed candidates and public committee finance information for the contest.Use the public record to understand the field. The product does not predict the result or replace compliance advice.
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Move from Strategy to Campaign Action
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Pick a Strategy. We Estimate How Many Votes You Need.
We use historical turnout data to estimate a realistic vote goal. Choose whether to focus on your base, persuasion, or both, and review the elections behind the estimate.
Activate the Right Voters
We help you find the voters who fit your strategy by party, age, precinct, past turnout, and other details. Save the list so your team can put it to work.
Put the Plan on the Calendar
Schedule the campaign work that needs to happen between now and Election Day. Mark commitments complete and keep official deadlines beside the work your team controls.
Enable Your Volunteers
Focus volunteers on the right voters through canvassing, phone-bank planning, and other campaign work. Turn targeted lists into clear assignments your team can finish.
Capture Data from the Field
Volunteers record their results, and campaign staff see current updates in the campaign headquarters. Track who has been reached, who supports you, and who still needs follow-up.
Keep Fundraising Moving
Connect the campaign's own ActBlue data, see progress toward the fundraising goal, and follow up with donors. Public committee reports help you understand the financial picture across the race.
Keep the Whole Race in View
See who has filed and review available public committee reports for the contest. Use that information to understand the field while your team stays focused on its own plan.
Start with Your Race
Request an account
Sign up with email and password, Google, or Apple. We review each request before campaign access begins.
We review your request
A person reviews each request within 1 to 2 business days. We email you when your account is ready.
Choose your race and strategy
Select the office and district, then choose a base, persuasion, or hybrid strategy. We recommend a practical starting point for the race type.
Open your campaign headquarters
Review the vote-goal estimate and this week's priorities, then start the next piece of campaign work.
Access
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Built for Democratic and progressive campaigns in North Carolina.
Candidates, campaign staff, and volunteers may request access. A person reviews every new account before campaign data becomes available.
Available without an account
- Which files the numbers come from, and the law that makes them public
- How turnout is measured and how vote propensity is scored
- When the product refuses to give a number, and why
- The Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy in full
Available after approval
- A shared campaign headquarters with role-based staff access
- The strategy, vote-goal estimate, campaign plan, and calendar for your race
- Targeted voter lists, precinct breakdowns, and field programs
- Volunteer assignments, walk sheets, recorded results, and progress
- Campaign supporter, volunteer, donor, and endorser records
- ActBlue contribution progress and donor follow-up for authorized finance staff
- Filed candidates and available public committee reports for the race
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- North Carolina. If you are running elsewhere, join the list for your state.
- Approval time
- Requests are reviewed within 1 to 2 business days.
- Account control
- You can close your account and delete its campaigns and lists.
Questions Campaigns Ask Before Getting Started
Who is Competitive Campaigns for?
Competitive Campaigns is built for Democratic and progressive candidates, campaign managers, staff, and volunteers working on supported North Carolina races. New accounts require approval, which is usually completed within 1 to 2 business days.
What happens after my account is approved?
Choose the office and district where you are running, review the recommended campaign strategy, and confirm your starting plan. Your campaign headquarters then shows the vote-goal estimate, upcoming work, voter lists, key dates, field progress, fundraising, and public information about the race that is available for your campaign.
Do I need campaign or technical experience?
No technical experience is required. The product explains each next step in plain language and recommends a practical starting strategy. You still make the campaign decisions and can change the plan as you learn what works in your race.
How is the vote goal calculated?
We use historical turnout from comparable elections to estimate how many votes could be needed for the seat. The app lists the elections used and labels estimates clearly. If the available turnout or candidate information is not strong enough, we explain what is missing instead of presenting a number as certain.
Can campaign staff work in the same account?
Yes. A campaign owner can invite teammates and assign owner, manager, field, finance, or viewer access. Invited teammates use the campaign owner's subscription for that campaign and do not need separate subscriptions.
Where does the voter data come from, and how current is it?
The voter registration and vote-history files come from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. We check for updated state files each night and show the loaded date with the data. Vote history shows whether someone participated, never how that person voted. We do not buy consumer data or use voter data for advertising.
How does the campaign turn voter lists into field work?
Build a list around the campaign strategy, use it to plan canvassing or phone-bank work, and assign prepared work to volunteers. Volunteers can record attempts, conversations, and support. Progress counts completed campaign work and attempted contacts, including doors where nobody answered, so an unanswered door does not erase the work.
What does the ActBlue connection do?
Each campaign connects its own ActBlue contribution page and, if it chooses, its campaign-specific contribution-data credentials. Competitive Campaigns can import and update ActBlue contributions, compare net contributions with the campaign goal, and show contributions that need follow-up. It does not process donations, replace ActBlue, or include checks, cash, fees, expenses, or other fundraising platforms in those totals.
What can I learn about other candidates?
The app shows filed candidates and available public campaign-finance disclosures for the race, including committee totals and reported spending. This information comes from public state records and may trail activity that has not been filed or loaded yet.
What does Competitive Campaigns not replace?
Competitive Campaigns does not guarantee an election result, predict how anyone will vote, send campaign calls, texts, email, or direct mail, process contributions, or replace legal, compliance, accounting, security, or campaign professionals. It helps your team plan, organize, and track the work you decide to do.
Give Your Campaign a Clear Next Step
Tell us what you are running for. We review every request and reply within 1 to 2 business days.
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