AI Resources for Campaigns & Organizing
A curated library of AI reports, guides, frameworks, trainings, and reading for progressive campaign staff, organizers, and practitioners.
Start here: guides and training
Quick-Start AI Guidelines for Democratic Campaigns
Practical guide for campaign staff covering guardrails, AI redlines, and high-value playbooks.
AI Political Tech Landscape Report
Maps AI playbooks, vetted vendors, and gaps for progressive campaigns.
AI 101 for Political Campaigns
Free, self-paced introduction to AI ethics, strategy, and case studies for Democratic campaign staff and candidates.
Prompting Lab Series
Hands-on workshops with practical AI-prompting exercises built around campaign and advocacy scenarios.
Policy, safety, and governance
Nonprofit AI Policy Builder
Free interactive tool for creating an AI use policy covering governance, privacy, risk, and ethics.
Decision Guide for Considering AI Use
Structured questions for organizations to work through before committing to an AI adoption path.
Secure AI Toolkit for Campaigns
Security considerations for deploying AI in political settings.
Campaign use cases and case studies
How I Helped Zohran Mamdani Turn 45,000 Social Media Clicks into a Real-Life Army of Volunteers
A first-person account of automation in an active mayoral campaign, including tools, workflows, and lessons.
Using AI to Categorize 13,000 Climate Ads in Hours
How Climate Advocacy Lab used Civis and Claude to tag 13,000+ climate ads with 88% accuracy.
Caucus AI
Monitors how AI models answer questions about candidates, races, and elections—useful for understanding how voters may encounter political information.
AI, democracy, and data centers
An Agenda to Strengthen Democracy in the Age of AI
Covers AI disinformation, election security, voter suppression, and deepfake regulation.
AI and Democracy: Mapping the Intersections
Maps where AI intersects with elections, governance, and civic participation.
North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit
A menu of state and local policy interventions to stop, slow, or restrict data-center development.
Data Center Air Pollution Tracker
Scores major hyperscalers on behind-the-meter gas use and local grid carbon intensity.
Further reading and building
Last Week in AI
Weekly digest of AI developments for staying current.
Bridging Bytes and Ballots
Practitioner-focused newsletter on AI for progressive campaigns and organizing.
Claude Code Study Hall
Hands-on Higher Ground Institute sessions for people who want to build with Claude Code; no technical experience needed.
Decoded Futures Prompt Cookbook
Hundreds of copy-paste prompt templates organized around common nonprofit challenges.