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Build a voting bloc

One voter is a number. Two hundred neighbours who vote the same way on the same three things are a problem a politician has to solve. This page shows how to become that problem.

Or read the seven steps first. They take five minutes.

Why a small group wins

The 2026 primaries are over, so November 3 is your bloc's first count. The primary in 2028 is where it can decide a seat. Groups that start now are the ones a candidate has to visit then.

Seven steps

  1. Pick your ground

    One House district, or your state if the seat you care about is in the Senate. Smaller is stronger. Two hundred people in one district outweigh two thousand spread across a state, because only the two hundred can all vote in the same race.

  2. Find your first ten

    Start with people you already talk politics with: your church, your range, the other parents, the people you do business with. Ten who mean it are worth more than a hundred who clicked a button.

    Then find the ones you have not met. Every state on this site has its own discussion. Open yours and post one line: where you live, and that you are starting a bloc.

  3. Agree on three things

    A group that wants everything gets nothing, because no politician can tell what would lose its votes. Pick the three things you will not bend on and write them on one page. Everyone who joins agrees to vote on those three, whatever else they think.

    You do not have to invent the list. This site grades Congress on twelve measures, each with the votes behind it.

  4. Make yourselves countable

    A politician cannot fear a mood. Keep a list: name, street, registered or not. Get every name registered and checked, and know your number.

    Every state sets its own deadline to register, and some fall a month before the election. Check today.

  5. Ask on the record

    Go to the district office in person, as a group, with the member's page from this site in your hand. Ask three questions, one for each of your three things, and ask for a yes or a no. Write down the answer, the date and who gave it.

    Ask every challenger the same three questions. A candidate who has never held the office has no votes to check, so their words are all there is. Get them in writing or on video.

    Then post the answer in that politician's discussion here, with where it can be checked. We check it, and what holds up goes on their page for every voter to see.

  6. Vote together, then tell them

    Vote in the primary first. It is where most seats are decided and where two hundred votes go furthest.

    After every election, write one short letter to the winner and to the loser: how many of you there are, and the three things you voted on. That letter is what makes your next meeting with them different.

  7. Keep the score between elections

    A promise is tested at the next vote. The grades here move as Congress votes. When your member keeps their word, thank them in public. When they break it, say so in public, and bring the page to your next meeting.

It has been done before

None of this is new. The groups that politicians fear most are rarely the largest. They are the ones that keep a score and vote on it.

  • A report card. The Armenian National Committee of America grades every sitting senator and representative on its issues and publishes the report cards before each election. Congress has an Armenian caucus led by two Republicans and two Democrats.Source: ANCA report card, Congressional Armenian Caucus
  • A written pledge. Since 1986, Americans for Tax Reform has asked candidates to sign a written pledge to oppose tax increases, and publishes who has signed.Source: Americans for Tax Reform, About the pledge
  • Local groups in primaries. A study of the Tea Party years found that in districts where local groups pressed candidates in primaries, the way the district was represented moved in their direction.Source: Blum and Cowburn, British Journal of Political Science, 2023

The law, in five lines

For federal races. This is our reading of the Federal Election Commission's own pages, linked under each line. Your state has its own rules for state and local races.

  • Meeting and talking need no permission. Meeting, agreeing on what you vote on, visiting an office, knocking on doors and posting online are free to do. An unpaid volunteer is not making a contribution.Source: FEC, Volunteer activity
  • Money changes things at $1,000. A group whose main purpose is to influence federal elections has to register with the Commission within ten days of raising or spending more than $1,000 in a calendar year.Source: FEC, Registering a nonconnected committee
  • What one person may give. In 2025 and 2026 an individual may give a candidate up to $3,500 for each election. The primary and the general election count separately.Source: FEC, Contribution limits
  • Green card holders. A lawful permanent resident may give money and volunteer like a citizen, but may not vote in a federal election.Source: FEC, Foreign nationals, usa.gov, Who can and cannot vote
  • Everyone else who is not a citizen. May volunteer without pay and may speak about any issue. May not give or spend money on an election, and may not take part in a group's decisions about elections.Source: FEC, Foreign nationals

What this site does, and what it does not

We publish the record: every vote we count, every grade, and the candidates in every race side by side. That is the part a group cannot easily build for itself.

We do not endorse or oppose any candidate. We do not take money for any bloc, and we do not run one or decide anything for one. Yours is yours.

Start with one line

Say where you live and that you are starting a bloc. The people near you who read this site will see it.

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