Participation Not Polarization.
Participation Not Polarization.
It's Effective
Talking to your friends and family in an organized and supported way is the most effective method to increase voter turnout.
It's Effective
Talking to your friends and family in an organized and supported way is the most effective method to increase voter turnout.
It's Supportive
We give volunteer "Voting Captains" guidance, structure, and support to help ten of their close contacts vote.
It's Supportive
We give volunteer "Voting Captains" guidance, structure, and support to help ten of their close contacts vote.
What It Takes
Individual volunteers as well as non-partisan communities and organizations who want help get people to the polls and share the method.
What It Takes
Individual volunteers as well as non-partisan communities and organizations who want help get people to the polls and share the method.
Everyone Participates
There are no parties or candidates involved. Anyone can join and help get their community to the poll.
Everyone Participates
There are no parties or candidates involved. Anyone can join and help get their community to the poll.
We are a non-partisan, non-profit, volunteer powered organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in every U.S. election through the Captain method.
Our Approach
This method simply helps volunteer Voting Captains commit to helping ten friends, classmates, coworkers, neighbors or family members to vote.
A Voting Captain is a regular person who helps ten people they already know, friends, family, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, vote.
We are looking for individual volunteers to help us in this mission and are particularly interested in working with non-partisan clubs, organizations, communities, teams, etc who may like to try this with their members.
A Voting Captain is a regular person who helps ten people they already know, friends, family, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, vote.
We are looking for individual volunteers to help us in this mission and are particularly interested in working with non-partisan clubs, organizations, communities, teams, etc who may like to try this with their members.
What We Know
Organizing built on personal relationships and genuine conversations between friends has shown the best results.
The captain method is over ten times more effective than door-to-door canvassing, texting, letter writing, or phone banking.
The captain method is over ten times more effective than door-to-door canvassing, texting, letter writing, or phone banking.
Why It Matters
Every election cycle, we get the same flood of panic, ads, and headlines, all focused on national races, while local elections that shape everyday life are ignored. That constant pressure doesn't motivate people, it exhausts them. And democracy gets weaker because of it.
Turnout Nation takes a different approach. It's calm, year-round, and built on trust. Instead of short, transactional campaigns, we focus on building the habit of voting inside real communities.
This isn't guesswork. The impact is measured using rigorous randomized control trials, showing significantly higher turnout when people get help from someone they know.
We are a non-partisan, non-profit, volunteer powered organization dedicated to increasing voter turnout in every U.S. election through the Captain method.
Our Approach
This method simply helps volunteer Voting Captains commit to helping ten friends, classmates, coworkers, neighbors or family members to vote.
A Voting Captain is a regular person who helps ten people they already know, friends, family, coworkers, classmates, neighbors, vote.
We are looking for individual volunteers to help us in this mission and are particularly interested in working with non-partisan clubs, organizations, communities, teams, etc who may like to try this with their members.
What We Know
Organizing built on personal relationships and genuine conversations between friends has shown the best results.
The captain method is over ten times more effective than door-to-door canvassing, texting, letter writing, or phone banking.
The captain method is over ten times more effective than door-to-door canvassing, texting, letter writing, or phone banking.
Why It Matters
Every election cycle, we get the same flood of panic, ads, and headlines, all focused on national races, while local elections that shape everyday life are ignored. That constant pressure doesn't motivate people, it exhausts them. And democracy gets weaker because of it.
Turnout Nation takes a different approach. It's calm, year-round, and built on trust. Instead of short, transactional campaigns, we focus on building the habit of voting inside real communities.
This isn't guesswork. The impact is measured using rigorous randomized control trials, showing significantly higher turnout when people get help from someone they know.
50 dedicated volunteers to 500 concerned citizens to 5000 newly inspired voters.
50 dedicated volunteers to 500 concerned citizens to 5000 newly inspired voters.
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1. Organizing Internship
50 young and politically engaged interns learn community organizing skills to locate their captains.
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1. Organizing Internship
50 young and politically engaged interns learn community organizing skills to locate their captains.
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2. Voting Captains
500 voting captains work with their organizer to identify 11 friends and commit to getting 10 of them to the poll.
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2. Voting Captains
50 young and politically engaged interns learn community organizing skills to locate their captains.
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3. Community Powered Results
After being informed and making a plan to vote with their captains, 5000 voters make to the poll including 1000 that woud have not voted otherwise.
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3. Community Powered Results
After being informed and making a plan to vote with their captains, 5000 voters make to the poll including 1000 that woud have not voted otherwise.
50 dedicated volunteers to 500 concerned citizens to 5000 newly inspired voters.
01
1. Organizing Internship
50 young and politically engaged interns learn community organizing skills to locate their captains.
02
2. Voting Captains
500 voting captains work with their organizer to identify 11 friends and commit to getting 10 of them to the poll.
03
3. Community Powered Results
After being informed and making a plan to vote with their captains, 5000 voters make to the poll including 1000 that woud have not voted otherwise.
We're looking for awesome people like you to join our mission! Whether you have an hour a day or just want to help out when you can, there's a place for you here.