Products

The voter file is, at heart, a database of every registered voter in the state of Oregon. But it's a lot more than that. If you think of Votebuilder as the "brains" of your campaign, the voter file tools are the part of the brain that works with voters, giving your campaign the ability to:

• Target voters in your district by party affiliation, age, gender, ethnicity, voting history, modeling, and more
• Create lists and scripts for phone banks, including Virtual Phone Banks for volunteers who can't make it into your headquarters
• Cut turf using Votebuilder's easy “click-to-cut” tool and generate walk sheets for your canvasses
• Run voter ID programs to find where your support is strongest and where it needs the most help
• Run persuasion programs to nudge the leaners your way
• Continually filter out the people you don't need to talk to as you go

If you sign up for the MyCampaign tools in Votebuilder, you're getting the other half of the brain—the side that deals with supporters and volunteers. MyCampaign tools let you:

• Sign up supporters through your website, field events, and bulk uploads from any existing databases
• Merge public data from the voter file with the records in your supporter list
• Send HTML and text email blasts, generate call lists, and send postal mailings
• Integrate your call and email strategy with a unified view of your contact history with each supporter
• Track email opens, clicks, and unsubscribes
• Recruit volunteers and track volunteer activity
• Remind volunteers of upcoming shifts and thank them for the work they accomplish

The DPO can create and host your campaign website. We use the Drupal 6 open source content management system to create a custom platform for your site. Drupal 6 is a mature, powerful, stable system used by everyone from Portland State University to The White House.

We build and maintain the site, but you have direct, immediate access to create and edit all content on the site. We get the technical stuff out of your way and let you work. Training clients on the system takes less than an hour. Our hosted website solution lets you:

• Sign supporters up directly into MyCampaign
• Show an event calendar with integrated Google Maps
• Take donations with a custom-designed page (in association with C&E Systems) or a link to ActBlue or any other donation service
• List your press releases with automatic standardized formatting—you just fill in the form and the system makes it look nice
• Create pages and news stories with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor
• Get social with Facebook & Twitter widgets
• Have us design it for you or bring your own design

See examples of hosted campaign websites in our Showcase.