American Promise is a cross-partisan organization with a singular mission: solving the crisis of money in politics by ratifying the For Our Freedom Amendment. This amendment restores the authority of state and federal lawmakers to decide whether and how to regulate campaign spending — undoing a series of disastrous Supreme Court rulings that shredded our country’s anti-corruption laws, and putting voters back at the center of our elections.
A new Ipsos survey conducted for American Promise in January 2026 shows Americans agree, by nearly 3-to-1, that voters and their elected representatives — not the Supreme Court — should decide campaign finance laws. The For Our Freedom Amendment achieves this. The poll also found that Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea that unlimited political spending should be treated as free speech protected by the First Amendment, with just 15% in agreement. Finally, concern about money in politics continues to be overwhelming and across party lines: 81% of Americans are concerned about the influence of money in politics, including 78% of Republicans, 90% of Democrats, and 82% of Independents. 77% say it poses a threat to elections.
Our proven, state-based strategy is accelerating and delivering results. In 2026, we expanded our campaigns to 14 states, with nine states already actively considering resolutions, including new states like Indiana, Idaho, Missouri, and Ohio. To date, 23 states — as varied as Massachusetts and Montana, Alaska and Nevada, West Virginia and California — have officially called on Congress to act. Below is our new national map that shows our wins, and our momentum.
In January 2026, we held a congressional briefing with the influential think tank Sutherland Institute about the For Our Freedom Amendment. We brought in several of our state legislative leaders for the event, who testified to their colleagues about the value of federalism on the issue of campaign finance and the need to restore the ability of lawmakers — not courts — to set the rules. The event previewed a report by Sutherland Institute titled, “Freeing the States on Campaign Finance” and invited members of Congress to provide input into the final report which will be published later this month. This event built on our earlier work, which included a record number of meetings with key leaders on Capitol Hill, outreach to every new member of Congress, and constituent-supporter meetings with members of Congress for in-district meetings.
Since mid-2025, we have built meaningful earned-media momentum that demonstrates both credibility and cross-partisan reach. CEO Jeff Clements completed six in-depth podcast interviews on our amendment solution, and SCOTUSblog — the nation’s leading independent Supreme Court news and analysis site — published analysis by Brian Boyle, our general counsel and chief program officer. Our audience growth spans platforms from Heather Cox Richardson’s “American Interviews” to Steve Bannon’s “War Room”. In parallel, our 2026 national poll on money in politics was picked up by Politico and OpenSecrets, among others. We accelerated our social strategy with platform-specific series, driving strong reach and engagement, including live coverage of the January Capitol Hill event. A sharper video focus, high-impact collaborations, and earned media generated millions of views and expanded AP’s reach. More boots-on-the-ground coverage is underway to document legislative season progress.
In Q1 2026, American Promise is setting a new pace for mobilization. In January alone, we generated more volunteer signups than all of 2025, and we quadrupled nearly every other volunteer metric.That momentum builds on a year of major gains across nearly every mobilization measure. We more than tripled actions and trainings, and we nearly doubled volunteer shifts and new signups. We also ramped up advocacy, driving sharp growth in published letters to the editor, petition signers, emails to legislators, and text outreach. The takeaway: we’re deepening volunteer engagement and expanding our reach with both the public and policymakers.
In a first for the organization, we filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court regarding NRSC v. FEC, a case expected to make headlines during oral arguments in December. The brief supports neither party in the lawsuit, and instead makes an originalist argument that equating money with free speech is a radical departure from founding-era philosophy — and the court should leave campaign finance to voters and their elected representatives. We don’t expect a single brief to undo decades of bad precedent, but it will strengthen the case for our proposed amendment, which rests on a strong, longstanding constitutional foundation.
