[Resource] Political Campaign Software

Campaign Partner is a web-hosting/payment-processing option for the less-than-geeky. They cater mainly to state and local candidates and the company is run by a Redditor.

NGP VAN is a software suite used by virtually every Democrat in Congress. It helps with everything from grassroots volunteer management to budgeting issues to filing with the FEC.

DCCC1 is the version specifically for House candidates. (It is made by the same people as NGP and VAN.)

GOTV is an alternative that has a 30 day free trial.

Backoffice is a newer program specifically for the campaign process. These people give great customer support for people running their first campaigns. They also have a lot of articles that go into a lot more detail than my guides. It also has a free demo, but you need to email them.

NationBuilder is a cheaper alternative to all of the above mentioned. Its features include a web-side builder, voter database, web-based UI, mobile device support, bulk emails, and matrix-style volunteer management.

CiviCRM is free and open-source. It is an outreach program. Features include a donor pledge program, online event registration and management, membership management, email blasts, etc. Also, it's all web-based and requires Drupal. There is also a version for Joomla!.

Piryx is actually a website, but it's dedicated to fundraising. How is it better than Paypal? It's not Paypal.

VoterListsOnline is a web-based program that allows you to search for lists of voters, filtered by demographic. To use the search function is free, but if you want the contact information for voters, you have to pay $.03 per voter.