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1. Do Your Homework
Treat your political giving like other important spending decisions, putting in the time to identify the best options.
2. Give to Engage Voters
Support groups that persuade and turn out voters, with a record of impact — not campaigns that mostly spend on ads.
3. Start Early
Early voter outreach is crucial. The sooner you make your donations, the more effective your money will be.
Control of the U.S. House could be decided in 2026 by a handful of very close races. To have an impact, Blue Tent recommends that donors support three organizing coalitions working to engage and turn out voters across more than 40 congressional districts.
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A few thoughts on how and where to give in the 2026 elections. Spoiler alert: flipping the House is the top priority, and donors have great options to do that.
Even as Harris fell short with crucial voter groups, the closeness of this election underscores the importance of carefully targeting political donations to persuade and mobilize voters in key places.
Harris has a clear path to victory by improving her vote share with different groups of the electorate. Here’s how donors can target their last-minute contributions for maximum impact.
To carry this year’s most important swing state, Kamala Harris needs to catalyze high Black voter turnout and win these voters overwhelmingly. She has a powerful ally in this grassroots group.
To win key battleground states, Harris needs to increase her support among working-class voters—at least matching Biden's 2020 performance. A top voter engagement group is on the case.
Harris is not where she needs to be with white women, who are the single largest slice of the electorate and make up close to half of all voters in the Blue Wall states. This group is working to close the gap.
Polls show that Harris is struggling to match Biden's 2020 margins with rural and working-class voters and also lock down key Democratic constituencies, including Blacks and Latinos. Here's where donors can give.
Democrats are now more affluent than Republicans on average, an advantage that can help offset how the Constitution gives undue power to rural voters—if we use it.
If Democrats can cut into Trump's huge margins in rural America by just a few points, it could be enough to decide the election. The Rural Victory Fund is at the forefront of a push to do just that.
Democrats are struggling with key demographic groups in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina according to polls. But electoral organizers in these states have plans to win. Here's a closer look.
Small donors have more power in politics than ever before. The reasons include very close elections, where money can make a bigger difference, and better options for donors to have impact.
Even as the Harris-Walz Campaign raises record sums of money, critical pieces of the Democratic ground game remain dangerously underfunded, according to a Blue Tent analysis.
Harris has made gains in the past week since her debate with Trump. But make no mistake: she still has deep vulnerabilities as a candidate. Polls show where more funding for voter outreach is urgently needed.
Harris will struggle to win without strong youth turnout and a high vote share among this group. But that's not a given. Backing a crucial national hub for youth electoral work is one way that donors can help.
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson could take a number of steps to sabotage certification of a Harris victory on January 6. That's why donors should prioritze supporting groups working to flip the House.
Many of us could give more to help Democrats win this election. But should we? How do you know if you're giving the right amount? Here's a way to think about these questions.
Movement Voter Project founder Billy Wimsatt argues that more funding of grassroots organizing groups is urgently needed—and could make the difference between a Democratic trifecta and a "MAGApocalypse."
Voter turnout will likely decide the outcome in Georgia and, more specifically, whether low-propensity Democratic voters cast ballots. No group may matter more in this regard than young people.
The road to a Democratic House goes through California, where an unprecedented coalition has come together to mobilize voter across more than a half dozen districts.
The Alliance for Youth Organizing is working to drive strong voter turnout among 18-29-year-olds in an election that's likely to again be decided by razor-thin margins.
Republican John James won in this district by less than 1 point in 2022. Michigan United Action is betting that a strong push to turn out voters can flip the seat this year.
The largest field and organizing campaign in New York history is now underway as the state’s top progressive organizations work together to turn out voters and help flip the U.S. House.
GOP incumbent Tom Kean Jr. won this district by less than 9,000 votes in 2022. Action Together New Jersey is working to elect his challenger, Sue Altman, by targeting key voting groups in the district.
The election in Arizona is likely to again be very close and the outcomes here will help decide who controls the White House, Senate, and House. A top organizing group is working to turn out voters, which could make all the difference.
To boost voting by young Texans, a civic engagement group is working at schools in the Rio Grande Valley to get students excited about exercising power in our democracy.
Election outcomes in two key congressional districts in Colorado and other races will hinge in part on youth turnout. Here’s how the state’s top youth organizing group is working to bring out those voters.
The leaders of four top progressive donor networks explain how they’re coordinating on strategy and funding to win the election — and why donors need to help.
A lot is riding this year on whether young people again turnout at record levels and Democrats sustain their strong margins with this group. Next Up is laser-focused on this challenge in OR-5 and elsewhere in Oregon.
The most competitive congressional district in Texas is a perfect case study of how Democrats could win control of the U.S. House if donors support grassroots efforts to engage voters.
Control of the U.S. Senate may hinge on the outcome of Jon Tester’s reelection bid in Montana. But a House seat is also in play. We look at what a key voter group is doing to turnout young voters.
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