The strategy
The objective is to disrupt majority party rule in both chambers of Congress.
The initial focus is on the U.S. House of Representatives with the goal of disrupting rule by the majority party, electing a broadly supported Speaker of the House and returning to a committee-driven legislative process.
The plan is to launch 40 campaigns in uncontested districts, 20 red and 20 blue, in 2026. To continue to run contests in every election cycle in those districts win or lose and expand into additional U.S. House districts as well as the Senate in 2028.
With enough saturation, the possibility to use the technology platform for a free and equal nominating contest for President exists.
Political committees run by nonpartisans.
Wilson’s Fountain provides an opportunity for businesspeople, technology professionals and ordinary citizens, to civically engage in the election process. The collective mission of the Wilson’s Fountain committees is to improve the quality of representation, not to push an ideological agenda.
Leveraging big data
The committees operating within Wilson’s Fountain can select districts based on demographics knowing the process will yield a viable candidate. The committees are incented to arm contestants with constituent data so they can win popular support and differentiate themselves from the major party candidates.
Media polls are not relevant in a contest with live polling and multiple rounds. And a technologically superior solution will provide a better data point for voters in the general election when compared to the winner of a one-round public primary.
The ripple effect.
Technology emerging from Wilson’s Fountain will be made part of the public domain and used for state and local elections.
As more voters embrace “free and equal” contests, participation in the traditional primary system as we know it will shrink, driving the major parties further to the extremes.
Ultimately, super donors have no incentive to contribute money to districts and states with free and equal contests. Party loyal incumbents won’t be protected by outside money and Congressional Whips will be neutered.
Once the technology reaches a critical mass of users, it will likely render our broken public primary system obsolete. Gerrymandering may ultimately be the noose around the neck of the two-party system – a fitting end.
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