Interest-group questionnaires have gotten out of control — and they’re costing Democrats elections. Enough is enough. Organizations that claim to care about winning need to rein it in.
Many organizations ask unhelpful, non mission-aligned questions.
Do you support a federally mandated 32-hour workweek with no reduction in pay?
No Dem Left Behind
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support a federally mandated 32-hour workweek with no reduction in pay?
No Dem Left Behind
Endorsement Questionnaire
Will you pledge a swift use of the president’s clemency power to release 25,000 people from the federal prison system during your first term, and to direct federal incentives to the states aimed at releasing 250,000 more?
ACLU
Presidential Questionnaire, 2019
Will you pledge a swift use of the president’s clemency power to release 25,000 people from the federal prison system during your first term, and to direct federal incentives to the states aimed at releasing 250,000 more?
ACLU
Presidential Questionnaire, 2019
I understand that I must maintain a 100% voting record while in office in order to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
I understand that I must maintain a 100% voting record while in office in order to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
Do you oppose policies that prohibit transgender students in grades K-12 from playing on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity?
Equality California PAC
Federal Candidate Questionnaire, 2026
Do you oppose policies that prohibit transgender students in grades K-12 from playing on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity?
Equality California PAC
Federal Candidate Questionnaire, 2026
Do you support halting the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the United States?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support halting the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the United States?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support and will you co-sponsor Medicare for All legislation, (S. 1655 and H.R. 3421) in the 118th Congress?
National Nurses United (NNU)
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
Do you support and will you co-sponsor Medicare for All legislation, (S. 1655 and H.R. 3421) in the 118th Congress?
National Nurses United (NNU)
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
What percentage of your staff are women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ identified, and/or persons living with disabilities?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
What percentage of your staff are women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ identified, and/or persons living with disabilities?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
If elected, do you promise not to join the Blue Dog Caucus, the New Democrat Caucus, and Third Way?
PCCC
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2023
If elected, do you promise not to join the Blue Dog Caucus, the New Democrat Caucus, and Third Way?
PCCC
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2023
Do you support H.R.40, which would establish a federal commission to study the legacy of slavery in the United States and its ongoing harm and develop proposals for redress and repair, including reparations?
Bend The Arc Jewish Action
Endorsement Questionnaires, 2022 & 2024
Do you support H.R.40, which would establish a federal commission to study the legacy of slavery in the United States and its ongoing harm and develop proposals for redress and repair, including reparations?
Bend The Arc Jewish Action
Endorsement Questionnaires, 2022 & 2024
Do you support a federally mandated 32-hour workweek with no reduction in pay?
No Dem Left Behind
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support and will you co-sponsor Medicare for All legislation, (S. 1655 and H.R. 3421) in the 118th Congress?
National Nurses United (NNU)
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
Will you pledge a swift use of the president’s clemency power to release 25,000 people from the federal prison system during your first term, and to direct federal incentives to the states aimed at releasing 250,000 more?
ACLU
Presidential Questionnaire, 2019
What percentage of your staff are women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ identified, and/or persons living with disabilities?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
I understand that I must maintain a 100% voting record while in office in order to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
If elected, do you promise not to join the Blue Dog Caucus, the New Democrat Caucus, and Third Way?
PCCC
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2023
Do you oppose policies that prohibit transgender students in grades K-12 from playing on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity?
Equality California PAC
Federal Candidate Questionnaire, 2026
Do you support H.R.40, which would establish a federal commission to study the legacy of slavery in the United States and its ongoing harm and develop proposals for redress and repair, including reparations?
Bend The Arc Jewish Action
Endorsement Questionnaires, 2022 & 2024
Do you support halting the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the United States?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support a federally mandated 32-hour workweek with no reduction in pay?
No Dem Left Behind
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support and will you co-sponsor Medicare for All legislation, (S. 1655 and H.R. 3421) in the 118th Congress?
National Nurses United (NNU)
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
Will you pledge a swift use of the president’s clemency power to release 25,000 people from the federal prison system during your first term, and to direct federal incentives to the states aimed at releasing 250,000 more?
ACLU
Presidential Questionnaire, 2019
What percentage of your staff are women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ identified, and/or persons living with disabilities?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
I understand that I must maintain a 100% voting record while in office in order to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
If elected, do you promise not to join the Blue Dog Caucus, the New Democrat Caucus, and Third Way?
PCCC
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2023
Do you oppose policies that prohibit transgender students in grades K-12 from playing on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity?
Equality California PAC
Federal Candidate Questionnaire, 2026
Do you support H.R.40, which would establish a federal commission to study the legacy of slavery in the United States and its ongoing harm and develop proposals for redress and repair, including reparations?
Bend The Arc Jewish Action
Endorsement Questionnaires, 2022 & 2024
Do you support halting the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the United States?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support a federally mandated 32-hour workweek with no reduction in pay?
No Dem Left Behind
Endorsement Questionnaire
Do you support and will you co-sponsor Medicare for All legislation, (S. 1655 and H.R. 3421) in the 118th Congress?
National Nurses United (NNU)
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
Will you pledge a swift use of the president’s clemency power to release 25,000 people from the federal prison system during your first term, and to direct federal incentives to the states aimed at releasing 250,000 more?
ACLU
Presidential Questionnaire, 2019
What percentage of your staff are women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ identified, and/or persons living with disabilities?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
I understand that I must maintain a 100% voting record while in office in order to be endorsed by Planned Parenthood Votes South Atlantic.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Endorsement Questionnaire, 2026
If elected, do you promise not to join the Blue Dog Caucus, the New Democrat Caucus, and Third Way?
PCCC
Federal Endorsement Questionnaire, 2023
Do you oppose policies that prohibit transgender students in grades K-12 from playing on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity?
Equality California PAC
Federal Candidate Questionnaire, 2026
Do you support H.R.40, which would establish a federal commission to study the legacy of slavery in the United States and its ongoing harm and develop proposals for redress and repair, including reparations?
Bend The Arc Jewish Action
Endorsement Questionnaires, 2022 & 2024
Do you support halting the expansion of fossil fuel projects in the United States?
Voices for Progress
Endorsement Questionnaire
Groups condition their support on candidates signing these pledges.
Year after year, candidates' answers to purity tests like these are used against them in attack ads.
FOX News
Harris ACLU questionnaire shows she supported gender transition surgeries for detained migrants, defunding ICE
Harris appears to advocate for left-wing causes in 2019 document
National Review
As Tim Ryan Weighs Ohio Gov Run, the ACLU Questionnaire That Hurt Harris Could Claim Another Victim
Columbia Missourian
FACT CHECK: Attack ads say Galloway’s campaign is funded by groups seeking to defund police; a deeper look says not exactly
HuffPost
Why 'Defund The Police' Attacks Were So Potent Against Democrats
Republicans spotlighted an unpopular activist slogan, but it's not all the fault of progressives.
Washington Post
Democrats grapple with the party’s ‘defund the police’ past
WRAL News
Republicans portray Democrats as anti-police in final weeks of Senate contests
Images of a town on fire and people cheering, an obliterated storefront window, and a burning flag. Spliced in between are shots of Theresa Greenfield, the Senate Democratic candidate in Iowa.
FOX News
Tim Ryan pledged to support taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgery for illegal immigrants
Ryan also pledged at the time to slash funding for ICE
WXII 12 News
Republican candidates say 'Future Now' pledge raises questions about police funding; Democrats fire back
The group of House GOP candidates said they organized the news conference due to concerns about a pledge some Democratic candidates had signed created by an advocacy group called "Future Now."
The News & Observer
Fact check: Republicans tie NC House Democrats to ‘defund the police’ movement
House Speaker Tim Moore says House Democrats accepted more than $100,000 from the group Future Now in exchange for legislation that would defund the police during a press conference,at the North Carolina GOP Headquarters
The Iowa Standard
Democrat Phillips denies signing pledge to defund police, so we looked it up.
New York Post
Rep. Ritchie Torres distances himself from past lefty positions on immigration while eying run for NY governor
Torres, in a 2022 endorsement questionnaire from the Jim Owles Liberal LGBT Democratic Club, said he backed mass amnesty for illegal aliens.
