Our 2026 Strategy:
Aim for 2032
By directing grassroots energy and resources to the right targets and the right tactics, we will transform how Democrats win elections and build enduring power, now and in the future.
Our goal isn’t just to eke out a slim House majority this year.
It’s to win the midterms decisively—by margins too large to contest, and with majorities too strong to fracture and powerful enough to govern—and to lay the foundation for what comes next. That’s how we’ll build enduring Democratic power into the next decade.
Flip the U.S. House
Win back the U.S. Senate
Build state-level power
M A K E A S T R A T E G I C D O N A T I O N
Balance of Power Fund
Donate to Democrats in 30 of Swing Left’s target races—including must-win U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial races across the country.
We Face a Moment of Enormous Possibility
Our national political environment has been shifting fast. Trump’s approval is underwater, and Republicans are paying the price at the ballot box:
Democrats have consistently overperformed in recent special elections, from New Jersey and Virginia last fall to Wisconsin and Georgia this spring.
Across all major forecasters, Democrats are leading the generic ballot going into this year’s midterms.
In this political climate, Democrats should be on track for both a massive House majority and a Senate map that’s within reach. You’d think a midterm blue wave is all but inevitable from the news.
But there’s a catch: trust in the Democratic brand is still weak, and that has consequences at the ballot box.
Alone, widespread anger at Republicans can deliver big wins for Democrats—but not the kind that lasts. Close wins and tight majorities leave us vulnerable to retirements, election manipulation, contested results, and they make it harder to deliver on behalf of the American people. It’s also how we get the cycle-to-cycle whiplash that’s defined the last decade of elections, with control of Congress and the presidency repeatedly passing back and forth between parties.
What’s more, after the 2030 census, every congressional and state legislative district will be redrawn. In 2032, winning the electoral college will likely require the Democratic presidential nominee to win not just the swing states, but traditionally red states, where Democrats haven’t competed seriously in decades. And while the recent Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais—which makes it easier for states to dismantle districts where Black voters have been able to elect their preferred candidates—won’t have a major impact on the midterms, it opens the door for Republican-controlled states to redraw maps in 2028 in ways that could eliminate multiple Democratic seats. Together, the challenging 2030 reapportionment and the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act (in Callais and other cases) means 2026 is about more than Congress: it’s also about winning power in state legislatures and key statewide offices.
Simply winning in 2026 isn’t enough. We have to win big now—across the House, the Senate, and the states—so we can protect democracy, end authoritarianism, and build enduring power.
2026
Win big in the House. Win as many Senate seats and key state offices as possible, while building infrastructure for future elections.
2027
Block Trump's agenda. Show Americans what Democrats stand for.
2028
Elect a governing majority—both chambers of Congress and the White House. Deliver for people and win back trust in the Democratic Party.
Our expanded map of electoral targets reflects the size of this opportunity. There have never been more places to invest time and money to have an impact.
But in order to win big, we also need to change tactics. Improving turnout will not be enough to build enduring majorities in more and more places over the next several years. To win and keep winning, we need to persuade—persuade people that Democrats will deliver for them and persuade people that their vote really matters and persuade people that don’t hear from Democrats very often. We believe doing that requires rebuilding trust, human-to-human, one conversation at a time.
That’s why we're investing in Ground Truth, our massive, volunteer-powered listening and voter intelligence program. Ground Truth changes how Democrats relate to voters—starting earlier, going deeper, and reaching people that traditional voter contact efforts typically overlook. It's how we build the trust that turns a wave election into a lasting majority.
There is a role for every one of us. Whether you live near a target district or not, whether you have a free afternoon, five minutes, or a semester off, and whether you have $5 or $50,000—we can point you to the highest impact action to take. Every little bit matters because the better we do this year, the better our chances of swinging left and staying there, rebuilding trust in democracy, and realizing a collective vision for a better future for all of us.
2026 Goals
$25,000,000
Raised for Democrats & organizing infrastructure
15,000,000
Conversations with voters
How we choose our targets
Choosing targets is both an art and a science. To help you invest in the races where grassroots time and resources can make the biggest difference between winning and losing, our team analyzes:
District-level data including past win or loss margins and voter turnout trends
Redistricting changes, top-of-ticket dynamics, and candidate quality
Where support this year has the potential to build momentum for future candidates
Where Swing Left has volunteer infrastructure—or where there is strategic rationale to grow it.
Our commitment to you: We don’t chase longshots, we don’t invest in candidates just because they’re going viral, and we don’t try to run up the score in places where Democrats are already winning.
If we truly believe that our democracy is on the line, then we need to act like it. That’s why we’re laser focused on the races that matter—and together, we know we can win them.
