VoteDown Campaigns

Organize and amplify your voice with targeted campaigns against reps and issues.

American Democracy Is Broken

Our current system creates politicians that ignore voters. They make excuses to explain why they couldn’t do what they promised to you. But, when it comes to spending billions to fund forever wars our children fight, bail out big banks that cheat the average American out of their money, or give tech companies every allowance they’ve ever wanted, it’s suddenly miraculously easy.

Why? Both parties are funded by billionaires and big money interests. They’re not listening to us. That’s the real problem. We all know it.

Making it Easy to Fight Back

By joining our community, you’ll get the tools you need to make your politicians listen—Republican or Democrat. VoteDown does this by giving you the power to donate against politicians during their time in office and then letting them know how upset you are in the one language they respect - money.

They do something you don’t like?

With a click, you can send them a message with some real teeth. Then, go back to enjoying life, knowing you’re doing your part to change the system. No need to stress. The only people who will need to stress will be the politicians who don't listen to your voice.

Signing-up is free. We don’t charge a subscription. And, every cent of the actual donation goes directly to opposing your candidate (note: we charge a separate payment processing fee to cover our costs, but make that very clear up front, so you can see).

Donate Against Politicians

Ever notice how much politicians beg for your donations? That’s because your money is extremely important.

The problem is that, right now, when you give to a campaign, you’re writing a blank check. Politicians don’t have to deliver. They take your sucker money and laugh their way to the bank.

Your representatives don’t treat special interests that way. Special interest money is given with an understanding of performance. In fact, if your politician crosses the Big Money machine, Big Money spends all that they can to replace the politician with someone who will listen to them. That is why your politician listens and obeys their Big Money masters.

We are giving you that same control. The truth is your money needs to come with strings attached. You need to have the same power as a Big Money lobby. By using VoteDown, each time your politician crosses you, you can donate against them. Together, we can send a message. The days of taking us for granted are over.

Our Philosophy & Why We Need Your Help

At VoteDown, we're dedicated to empowering you to shape policy decisions. We're passionate about strengthening our democracy, joining hands with you, and together giving a voice to each of us. We don't advocate for positions (other than empowering citizens). We help YOU to advocate for YOUR positions.

As a non-profit organization VoteDown.org’s mission is to make elected representatives work for you. But, we can’t do it alone. With each new person that joins our community, we make it known that enough is enough. Using our technology, you and your community can have a direct, clear, effective channel to change the political will of your representatives, restoring the basic promise of democracy.


Our community, working together, can overcome the power of Big Money

VoteDown provides tools for outraged and disappointed voters, like you, to donate against Congresspeople and Senators. When they act against your interests, you will have a more powerful weapon than letters, emails, or protests (which all just get ignored). VoteDown makes sure they know why you are upset, backed with the one thing they cannot ignore - donations against their re-election.

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

When you donate against a politician, you are not just trying to replace them. Far more importantly, we are communicating to them the issues that you are upset about and letting them know the price to cross you. As we see with Big Money, the fear of those donations against them, combined with aggressive communication, can change their behavior and start to make them act in your best interests. We don't really want to replace them. We just want them to do their job.

How Does It Work?

It’s a sad reality that money is more important than what’s right or wrong. The Supreme Court has said that money equals speech. It's truly tragic, but for now, it’s where we are. What's even worse is that the average American has no voice and is not speaking. The only ones speaking are the PACs and SuperPACs.

But, today, by joining our community, you’re sending a clear message. By using VoteDown, you’re making sure your donations push your politicians to work for you. Our platform pools together you and your community’s donations and lets politicians know when they act out, they’re on their way to losing their job. VoteDown wants you to have the same advantages of a big money lobby.

Every dollar that you donate against a politician immediately gets communicated to the politician. We then hold the money and, 90 days before the election, we give all of that money to whoever the leading opponent is. The challenger can now have the resources to bring a new voice to the race.

Can't I Just Donate To Their Opponent?

Sure you can, sometimes. Here is the big secret that politicians don't want you to know. When we are in the height of an election season, you have the option to donate against them. They know this, so they don't do anything to upset you during election season.

But, right after the election, they know that they can work against your interests and there is nothing you can do for almost 2 years. They are betting on the fact that you are busy, and over the coming years, other things will come up, and you will forget about how angry you were.

VoteDown ensures that your outrage is registered right when it happens and the politician can't ignore it. We make every season into election season so they can never ignore you.

History

Our founders have spent their lives watching American Democracy become less and less responsive to average voters. In our youth, we believed in the power of protests, letter writing, polls, and surveys to help shape the political landscape. But, over the years, it became more and more clear that there was only one thing that the politicians respected:

Money

They only listen to their Big Money donors, regardless of what their actual voters want. Policy after policy that would help Americans—which are favored by strong majorities on both sides —simply are not even discussed. The deep-pocketed donors don't want them, and their campaign contributions keep politicians obedient.

We believe with your help we can change that dynamic. By enabling small dollar donations against a politician, you can have an effective voice against these harmful policies . Small dollar donors, when working together, have been shown to be far more powerful than even the biggest Dark Money group.

The existing Big Money players want you to believe that you can't make a difference. That their million dollar checks will be the only things that matter. That you should just be quiet and accept that this is how the system works. We reject that completely.

With VoteDown, we believe that, together, we are FAR more powerful than even the biggest lobbying group. We can empower citizens by making sure their donations are used to push policies they want and that by bringing together voters just like you, we all can show our collective power.

At VoteDown, we don’t play political favorites. We are not on one side of the “aisle” or the other. We don’t have a specific political issue. We believe that Big Money shouldn’t have control over our politicians—you should. Congress should respect the will of the voters. It’s that simple. Our society is better when our government speaks to our needs and reflects our interests. To the team at VoteDown, this is more important than any other issue. It means that we can have honest genuine conversations about how we want to live our lives.

It seems so simple. Congress should respect the will of the voters. But study after study shows, sadly, that is not the case in this country. Our ills are not because of the ‘other party'. It’s not because your neighbor votes differently than you do. The root cause of so many of our problems is the unchecked power of Big Money. With VoteDown, and you as a part of our community, we will change that.

What We Need

We are in the process of building a platform that will transform American Democracy. We are set up as a non-profit, with a simple goal of empowering the average citizen. We are targeting to launch directly after this year's election season, with the goal to drive influence in the 2025-2026 Congress.

To do so, we need to build a number of computer systems and software, engage with lawyers (legal fees) to ensure that we are keeping on the right side of the law, and run marketing programs when we launch to spread the word about the powerful new tool that we are bringing to the average citizen.

We are fully donor-funded, so we rely on your passion and generosity to both support us, and help spread the word to your friends, family and social media contacts. Together, we are FAR more powerful than Big Money.

If you can assist us to get this service kick-started, we can make an impactful, lasting difference on how this country operates and finally give a voice back to the people of the country.

Outrage Grows Over Cowardly Silence as Tariffs Threaten Recession

America is sleepwalking into economic disaster, and Congress is holding the door wide open.

This week, the Trump Administration unilaterally imposed sweeping new tariffs, again. And once more, Congress stood by and did absolutely nothing. No debate. No vote. No accountability.

Tariffs are taxes. They raise prices on imported goods, disrupt supply chains, and saddle working Americans with higher costs at the register. We’ve been here before. History tells us where this road leads: runaway inflation, stalled growth, lost jobs: *stagflation*. That’s not a prediction, it’s a playbook. Yet Congress just shrugged and handed the pen to the president.

A Constitutional Abdication

Tariffs aren't just bad economics—they're also a dangerous power grab. Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to levy taxes and duties. It was designed that way for a reason: to keep the power to raise revenue in the hands of elected representatives, not the executive branch.

But somewhere along the way, Congress got lazy, or worse, complicit. Over decades, they’ve handed over more and more authority to the White House, passing vague laws that allow the president to slap tariffs on just about anything by simply citing “national security” or “economic emergency.” It’s cowardice wrapped in legislative loopholes.

This latest round of Trump tariffs shows just how far we’ve fallen. The president didn’t have to consult anyone. He didn’t need Congressional approval. He simply declared it, and it was done.

And Congress? Silent.

This isn’t about whether you support Trump or not. It’s about whether you support democracy.

Economic Suicide by Tariff

Let’s be clear: these tariffs are a disaster in the making.

They will raise prices on everything from cars to clothes to groceries. Businesses that rely on global supply chains will be hit with higher costs, leading to layoffs and slower hiring. Inflation, already rising, will spike. The Federal Reserve will be forced to keep interest rates high to fight it, choking off investment and growth.

What do you get when prices go up, but the economy slows down?

Stagflation - the nightmare scenario. And Congress is letting it happen without lifting a finger.

Even if you believe some tariffs are necessary to protect U.S. industries, that’s a debate worth having. In Congress. Out in the open. With transparency, accountability, and input from the American people.

That’s the job they were elected to do.

Cheerleaders, Not Leaders

Instead, what do we get? Congressional leaders on both sides issuing toothless press releases, wringing their hands, and then doing… nothing.

We didn’t elect these people to be cheerleaders for the president. We elected them to serve *us*. To debate. To legislate. To act in the national interest, not their own political careers.

Their refusal to check the executive branch, their refusal to do the hard work of governing, is not just pathetic—it’s dangerous.

And if we don’t push back now, it only gets worse.

Make Them Feel It

At VoteDown, we believe in direct political accountability. We believe politicians shouldn’t get to ignore the people and skate by unchallenged. And we believe the best way to make Congress listen is to make them hurt politically when they fail us.

Here’s what you can do right now:

- Contact your member of Congress and demand they reclaim their power over tariffs.
- Email and protest, yes—but don’t stop there.
- Use VoteDown to show your outrage in the most effective way possible:
Publicly pledge to donate against your representative in the next election—and we'll ensure your funds go directly to their most viable challenger. No noise. Just consequences.

When enough of us VoteDown, they won’t be able to ignore it. They'll hear us. In their inboxes. In the media. In the polls. And eventually, at the ballot box.

We don’t have to accept this broken system. We don’t have to accept inflation, recession, and authoritarian drift. We can fight back. But only if we stop playing defense and start going on the offensive.

They work for us—not the other way around.

👉 VoteDown your rep now
Let them feel what accountability actually looks like.

#TrumpTariffs #TradeWar #CongressCorruption #TariffImpact

Chuck Gives In Again

Just one day after promising to stand up to the draconian Budget Continuing Resolution which will devastate his constituents, Chuck backed down, yet again.

Issue after issue, year after year, Schumer has either been played or has given in.

Chuck, it's time to grow a spine.

Primary Chuck Schumer

We are raising funds to oppose Chuck Schumer in his next primary election. The money will go to whichever Democrat runs against him that is leading.

We need a change. We need someone to lead.

We don't need Chuck.

Why VoteDown

Chuck seems to only listen to the big money people that fund him. The want him weak, putting up only token resistance to the oligarchy.

We need real leaders. VoteDown Schumer and let's start the next Democratic chapter.

Keith Self showed up for a town hall to "listen" to his constituents, but simply ignored them as they booed him.

He doesn't care about the boos.
He doesn't care about the people.
He only cares about himself.

If our representatives can't be bothered to even pretend to care when their constituents take time out of their busy schedules to protest, then we need new tools.

Let's raise money against Keith Self to let him know that he cannot just smirk at us and ignore us.

Mike Johnson: Put Country Over Party

America is facing real challenges—threats to democracy, economic struggles, and a broken political system that prioritizes power over the people. Yet, instead of leading with integrity, Speaker Mike Johnson has chosen partisan gamesmanship, prioritizing political loyalty over what's best for the country.

From election denial to obstructionist tactics, Johnson has repeatedly put party over principle, catering to extremists while ignoring the will of the American people. His leadership isn’t about solutions—it’s about amassing power at any cost.

We need leaders who put country over party, who fight for democracy instead of undermining it, and who focus on solutions instead of division.

Join the Fight to Hold Him Accountable

At VoteDown.org, we’re mobilizing resources to ensure that Mike Johnson’s self-serving politics come at a cost. With your help, we can build a campaign to expose his failures and support candidates who will put the country first.*

✔ Donate – Every contribution fuels efforts to replace Johnson.
✔ Spread the Word – Share the facts and inform others about his record.
✔ Take Action – Join a movement dedicated to real leadership, not partisan loyalty.

America Deserves Better

America deserves better. Help us hold Mike Johnson accountable. Donate today.

Overview

For too long, our country has been plagued by gun violence, disproportionately targeting our young people. While mass shootings devastate families and communities, our children are forced to practice active shooter drills—preparing for a nightmare that should never happen.

Yet, time and again, some members of Congress refuse to act. Instead of meaningful reform, they offer nothing but empty "thoughts and prayers."

Enough is enough.

At VoteDown.org, we don’t just demand change—we make it happen. This campaign is to raise funds to defeat politicians who oppose common-sense gun laws and replace them with leaders who will take action to protect our communities.

With your support, we can ensure that those who prioritize gun lobbyists over children’s lives face real political consequences.

$13? Really? That's It?

The reps below are some of largest recipients of Gun Lobby Money in Congress.

Over a few years, the top 10 recipients received about $130,000 each.
During that time, almost 10,000 kids were killed by guns in this country.
That's a measly $13/child.

We can raise much more than that against them. They should not be afraid of the Gun Lobby. They should be afraid of US.

How You Can Help

✔ Donate – Every dollar goes toward removing politicians who block gun safety laws.
✔ Share the Facts – Use this campaign and video to spread awareness.
✔ Take a Stand – Join the movement and send a message that inaction is unacceptable.

It's time to do more than hope. It’s time to Vote Down those who stand in the way of progress.

Donate now and make your voice heard.