Voter Participation Center

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

Deception & Misdirection
“Dark Money” Networks on the Left Pulled In $3.7 Billion in 2020
In 2020 alone, six networks raked in a stunning $3.7 billion in “dark money,” funds used largely for political activism whose donors are difficult—if not impossible—to trace. Some of these…
by Hayden Ludwig on May 12, 2022

Organization Trends
ActBlue: The Democrats’ $400 Million “Dark Money” Machine
Give ActBlue an A+ for juicing the professional Left—and an F for transparency. The Left’s fundraising platform of choice is gargantuan, pulling in $407 million in 2020 between its 501(c)(3)…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 7, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
Democrats [Tried to Use] the Same 2020 Election Shenanigans to Overtake Virginia This Year
In Virginia, Democrats tried to ensure a McAuliffe win and a subsequent retention of power in the state and U.S. Senate by using the same tactic they used in the…
by Hayden Ludwig on November 3, 2021

Organization Trends
Senate Democrats’ Dark Money ATM
Majority Forward, the 501(c)(4) arm of the Democrats’ partisan Senate Majority PAC, is a “dark money” behemoth. You wouldn’t know it from the group’s nondescript website, but Majority Forward spent $515,000 backing Joe Biden…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 4, 2021

Deception & Misdirection
SEIU Throws Weight Behind Mail-In Voting
One of the largest and most politically active unions in America gave $40,000 to a group that registers Virginians to receive absentee ballots in an effort to bolster Democratic turnout for the…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 27, 2021

Organization Trends
Leftist Groups Pushing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Naming the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) after the Georgia congressman who died last year may evoke the 1960s Civil Rights movement, but it would federalize elections…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 24, 2021

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #186:
Is Mail-In Balloting Here to Stay?
If you live in Virginia, buckle up—a new wave of absentee-ballot mailers is about to overwhelm mailboxes across the commonwealth, courtesy of the same professional activists who flooded the Old…
by Sarah Lee, Hayden Ludwig on September 13, 2021

Organization Trends
Watch Out, Virginia—Another Flood of Mail-In Ballot Mailers Headed Your Way
A new wave of absentee-ballot mailers is about to overwhelm mailboxes across the commonwealth, courtesy of the same professional activists who flooded the Old Dominion in 2020. The Blank Rome…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 2, 2021

Philanthropy
Big Philanthropy is Not America’s Friend
When considering big liberal donors, most people tend to think of George Soros or the Ford Foundation. Forgotten are scores of megadonors that few non-philanthropoids have heard of. Yet these…
by Hayden Ludwig on July 13, 2021