Tools and suites to help organize campaigns. Includes canvassing, texting, email, and other campaign tools.

For specific campaigns, see our Campaigns category. For groups that regularly launch campaigns, see our Campaign Organizations category.

Suggested reading:

• A review of campaign tech by CallHub
• Activism in the Social Media Age: On the fifth anniversary of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, Pew Research Center how Americans view social media’s impact on political and civic engagement (2018).
• What is a digital department? (And why 350.org doesn’t have one). Hanna Thomas writes a piece that epitomizes a trend towards dismantling the digital department in the hopes of diffusing digital skills and systems throughout the entire campaign organization. (2019)
• In When It Comes To Fixing Politics, Tech Needs A Reality-check, Cheryl Contee, Josh Hendler, and Julie Menter unpack why Silicon Valley has failed to grok the political tech market. (2017)