Mind the Gap

Commentary
Conservatives Can Address the Election Disparity (and Maybe Even Start Winning)
In the aftermath of an underwhelming performance by Republicans in the 2022 election, demands have echoed across the internet for conservative leaders to develop a ballot-harvesting and voter-mobilization infrastructure comparable…
by Parker Thayer on January 11, 2023

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? How and Why [REPOST]
Common sense might suggest that foundations interested in voter turnout should bankroll get-out-the-vote efforts rather than registration campaigns to get the most bang for their buck. In fact, they fund…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 2, 2023

Organization Trends
Fake Charities Are Spending Millions to Help Democrats Win Elections [REPOST]
Fake charities such as the Voter Participation Center, State Voices, and the Voter Registration Project siphon tens of millions of dollars every year from billionaires and their charitable foundations to…
by Parker Thayer on December 29, 2022

Organization Trends
Are States Leaking Voters’ Data?
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is under fire for illegally sharing sensitive voter data with at least one partisan nonprofit, according to lawsuits filed by the Thomas More Society against elections departments in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin,…
by Hayden Ludwig on December 15, 2022

Organization Trends
Fake Charities Are Spending Millions to Help Democrats Win Elections
Fake charities such as the Voter Participation Center, State Voices, and the Voter Registration Project siphon tens of millions of dollars every year from billionaires and their charitable foundations to…
by Parker Thayer on October 3, 2022

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? How and Why
Common sense might suggest that foundations interested in voter turnout should bankroll get-out-the-vote efforts rather than registration campaigns to get the most bang for their buck. In fact, they fund…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 28, 2022

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? Parties or Nonprofits?
Besides their tax exemption and tax deduction for donors, 501(c)(3)s enjoy a key advantage over political committees: distance from the two parties. While Republican and Democratic National Committees struggle with…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 28, 2022

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? Cogs in the Machine
We traced the finances and funders of 24 top voter registration nonprofits. Together, these organizations spent roughly $434 million in 2020 alone. Not all of this money went to election work, but…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 28, 2022

Special Report
Charity or Billions for the Left’s Voter Pipeline? Saving Democracy or Democrats?
Powerful leftists might have viewed unseating President Donald Trump as a cause worth pouring any amount of money into, but one suspects that they’re less inclined to do so for…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 28, 2022

Organization Trends
The Voter Participation Center: A Tax-Exempt Turnout Machine for Democrats
Every election cycle it’s the same story. Massive liberal foundations pour tens of millions of dollars into tax-exempt groups to turn out the Democratic vote. They call it “philanthropy, but…
by Parker Thayer, Hayden Ludwig on July 13, 2022