Grassroots Movement Blog

    Cash, Chaos, and the 2026 Primary Rush

    With more open seats than any midterm in recent memory, 2026 has become a proving ground for message discipline, money...

    Why Phillip Pettus Is Coasting to Re-Election

    How mid-decade map wars could decide control of Congress before a single ballot is cast.

    Map Wars 2026: Governors Rip Up the Rules to Seize Congress

    How mid-decade map wars could decide control of Congress before a single ballot is cast.

    What Changes Now That Churches Can Endorse Candidates

    Should the Johnson Amendment cease enforcement, U.S. churches could become powerful, opaque vehicles for campaign...

    A Trump-Led Party Without a Midterm Plan

    Republicans may have Trump at the top of the ticket, but their midterm operation is buckling under the weight of an...

    2028 Begins Now As Top Democrats Launch Early-State Blitz

    Well in advance of any official announcements, leading Democratic contenders are already discreetly preparing for the...

    The Smoking Man Ad & Herman Cain’s Unconventional Run

    How a pizza CEO, a viral cigarette, and a strategist named Mark Block helped preview the era of influencer politics.

    Bernie Kane & the ActBlue Scandal: Smurfing, Spoofing, and the New Frontiers of Campaign Laundering

    One Republican strategist’s discovery of fraudulent donations opened the door to a deeper crisis in digital campaign...

    Mark Block Lawfare & a Supreme Court Race That Started in Political Exile and Ended in Redemption

    Modern campaigning saw early "lawfare" lead to a Supreme Court race, beginning with the exile of a strategist and...

    How the Privatization of the Republican Party Reshaped Wisconsin Politics

    Mark Block’s strategy of decentralization, media amplification, and parallel infrastructure turned Wisconsin from a...

    Learning About How Campaigns Were Ran in the 1970s and 80s from Mark Block

    Before digital targeting and data mining defined modern politics, campaigns were built on hard ground, human instinct,...

    The Voter Outreach Collapse Is Already Here

    2024 saw 1.9 billion campaign contact attempts, but key voters were still missed. Without swift adaptation, 2026 will...