A civic instrument for the U.S. Congress

One citizen's influence on policy rounds to zero. Ours doesn't.

On the issues where ordinary Americans and organized money disagree, research finds your individual voice barely moves the outcome. ndivisible fixes the math — it counts your position with thousands of quiet voices into one district-level signal, built to put in front of the people who represent you.

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Your identity and your vote are stored separately; published results are aggregates only. How the count is built is public.

The gap

Why government can feel deaf to you

Political-science research points to an uncomfortable pattern: when the policy preferences of ordinary Americans diverge from those of economic elites and organized business interests, it's the elites' preferences that predict what actually becomes law. The average citizen's independent influence on policy outcomes is far weaker than that of economic elites and organized interests.

Most of the time, this doesn't feel like a crisis — because most of the time, the rich and the rest of us happen to want similar things, so the system looks responsive. The gap shows up precisely on the issues where we don't agree. That's the honest version of the problem: not a conspiracy, not one villain pulling strings — just a system that quietly stops listening exactly when listening would matter most.

Sources: Gilens & Page 2014; see also Branham, Soroka & Wlezien 2017 and Enns 2015 for the debate over its size.

The pipeline

How it works — from your phone to a countable signal

Give a little, get a lot: ten minutes a week — two or three quick reads and votes, instead of doomscrolling — buys a government that answers to its constituents.

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    See what Congress is actually voting on. Real Congress.gov bills, decomposed into plain-language questions — no jargon, no procedural noise.
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    Built to be heard by the right people. It takes minutes to weigh in. We count the result into a signal specific to your district — and broad national numbers — so that when the numbers are significant, your representatives see them.
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    Join the aggregate. Your position merges into one district-level, privacy-preserving signal — public, countable, and tied to a real district.

Who it's for

This product is for you if…

  • You've called a rep's office and wondered if it vanished into a voicemail box.
  • You believe the average person's voice should count as much as a lobbyist's.
  • You want receipts: public bills, an open method, a countable result.
  • You're tired of outrage feeds and want something that actually registers.
  • You'd rather spend two minutes on a real bill than an hour arguing online.
  • You think a healthy democracy means the government has to hear you — no lobbyist, no PAC, just an opinion and a district.

Built to be trusted

We ask for your voice, not your identity.

Anonymous by design

We hold who you are and your vote in separate stores, joined only by a one-way code. Published counts are aggregates only — they never include individual votes.

Open method, in public

Exactly how a district signal is counted lives on our transparency page — not a black box.

Provenance you can trace

Every question descends from a real Congress.gov bill; the source is one click away.

Source-verified bills

Bill text and status come straight from official Congressional data, not summaries we wrote.

Real people, one district each

Lightweight verification ties each voice to one real district — so the signal is a genuine constituency, not a bot swarm.

Where we're headed

A quest to bring corruption into the light.

  1. Now — live

    District + national polls on real bills, aggregate signal, encrypted identities.

  2. Next

    Rep-facing dashboards: your representatives see their district's signal, bill by bill.

  3. Then

    Public accountability views — where a rep's votes diverge from their district.

  4. Horizon

    Corruption spotlight: surfacing money-vs-constituency gaps in the open.

Most people know someone in power isn't fighting for them. This is how we prove it — together.

One voice rounds to zero. Ten thousand, counted by district, will be a number your representative has to answer for. Give a little, get a lot — a few minutes a week, counted where it can be seen.

Add your voice

Your identity and your vote are stored separately; published results are aggregates only. How the count is built is public.