Voter contact for campaigns that intend to win

We don't just make calls.We move people.

Professional SMS outreach and phone banking that connects your campaign directly with the voters who decide your race. Built and run by operators who've done voter contact at every level, school board to governor.

Powered by a voter contact team that has reached 100,000+ voters across 35 campaigns.

Campaign operators reviewing strategy together

Dial connects campaigns with a voter contact team that has:

100,000+
voters contacted
35
campaigns supported
All levels
school board to governor

A full-time contact program costs a fraction of one TV buy.

Direct voter contact is the highest-leverage dollar a campaign spends. We make it affordable enough to run all cycle, and effective enough to move the margin.

Cost-effective by design Proven across 35 campaigns Built for deliverability

The deliverability problem

Most campaign outreach never reaches a voter.

→Texts get filtered before they're read.
→Calls get flagged before they connect.
→Lists go unworked because no one has time.

Campaigns pour budget into TV, mail, and digital, then leave the most direct outreach to whoever has a spare hour. The result is a list that gets screened out instead of a program that gets through.

Carriers flag more legitimate campaign calls and texts every cycle. A professional contact program is built for deliverability from the start. That's the difference between a list and a conversation.

A person reading a text message on their phone

What we connect you with

Voter contact, run by people who do it for a living.

SMS outreach

Peer-to-peer and broadcast texts built for deliverability, with scripts that start conversations, not get blocked.

  • Targeted voter universes, not spray-and-pray
  • Branching scripts that handle real replies
  • Opt-out and compliance handled for you
  • Response tracking tied to voter records

Phone banking

Live programs that connect your campaign directly with voters, run by callers who know how to keep a conversation going.

  • Persuasion, voter ID, and GOTV programs
  • Trained callers, not a robo-blast
  • Numbers managed to protect connect rates
  • Call outcomes reported back to your file

Robocalls

Automated voice messaging for the moments it fits, deployed compliantly as part of a broader program.

  • Reminders, alerts, and event turnout
  • Clean audio and tight targeting
  • Used to amplify, never to replace live contact

Every program is backed by strategic consulting on universe, message, and timing. We'll talk through the right mix for your race on your call.

Why direct contact wins

The research
is clear.
Reaching voters directly moves elections.

Decades of field experiments show that personal, direct voter contact outperforms almost everything else a campaign can spend on. The catch is that it only works when it's done well. Generic blasts and robo-only programs underperform. Quality, targeting, and a real conversation are what move the number.

+3.8pts
Turnout lift from quality volunteer phone calls in randomized field experiments, at a cost competitive with door knocking.
Nickerson, field experiments across 6 cities
~$26
Cost per additional vote from live phone contact, one of the most efficient persuasion and turnout dollars in politics.
Volunteer phone bank cost-per-vote analysis
8x
How much more effective a personal phone call is than a piece of nonpartisan direct mail for moving turnout.
GOTV field experiment literature
+5pts
Higher net turnout among voters who responded positively to a campaign text versus those who didn't engage.
Peer-to-peer texting turnout analysis

The through-line across every study: contact that feels personal works, and contact that feels like spam doesn't. That's the entire reason a professional program beats a DIY one. Sources include peer-reviewed GOTV field experiments and published campaign-technology analyses. Effects vary by race, universe, and execution; these figures are directional, not guarantees.

A campaign team at work in a busy office

Knowing what works is the easy part. Running it well, every week of the cycle, is the job.

How it works

From first conversation to a program in the field.

We handle the setup, the scripts, and the sending, working inside accounts your campaign owns. Your team stays focused on the race and stays in the loop at every step. Here's the whole path.

01

Tell us about your race.

Share your office, cycle stage, target universe, and the challenge you're facing. Takes about two minutes through the form below.

02

We talk it through.

We follow up with a few times for a short consultation to go over your goals, your universe, your budget, and where contact moves the needle. No obligation.

03

We set up and launch.

If it's a fit, we scope a program sized to your race, get your texting and calling accounts registered and ready, test scripts with you, and put contact into the field. Launch timing depends mostly on carrier registration, so starting early helps.

Then we run it, and we report on it. Trained callers and texters work your list, deliverability stays protected, and results are written back to your voter file. You always know what was sent, who responded, and what it's doing for your numbers.

Built by campaign operators

Seasoned operators who've done the work.

Dial was built by two people who've spent their careers inside campaigns and brands, not on the sidelines. We work small and stay accountable: no subcontractors, no agency layers, just direct collaboration with the people doing the work. And we connect you with the voter contact team we trust to run it at scale.

Manan Pandya
Co-founder

Manan is the campaign manager and creative director for Lucia Simonelli for Congress (PA-01), creative director for Nine Media / TV9 USA, and creative director for 12 Plus, a Philadelphia education nonprofit. His prior work includes senior copywriting for Hilton, Waldorf Astoria, Hyatt, and Equinox Hotels, a Telly Award-winning video program at WebMD, and PR direction for the Saint Lucia Stars CPL cricket franchise. He brings the creative range to make sure every voter contact program sounds like a real person, not a template.

Daniel Paulus
Co-founder

Danny builds programs and the teams that run them. He got his start organizing in Philadelphia and Bucks County, recruiting and training student leaders across Pennsylvania's college campuses, and now runs talent and program operations end to end, covering recruiting, onboarding, curriculum, and the reporting infrastructure underneath it. At Dial, he's the one who makes sure programs run: lists cleaned, systems wired, deliverability protected, and reporting that ties contact to outcomes.

Frequently asked

Do your texts and calls actually get through?
Deliverability is the core of a professional program. Numbers are provisioned and managed to stay in good standing, scripts are written to read like a person rather than a blast, and sends are paced to avoid carrier filtering. No program can promise a connect rate, but it's the difference between a list that gets screened out and one that reaches people.
Is this compliant with calling and texting laws?
Yes. Programs follow TCPA and platform rules, honor opt-outs automatically, and use the appropriate dialing method for the contact type. We'll walk through compliance specifics for your state and race on the call.
Where does the voter data come from?
We can work from your existing voter file, or help source and clean a targeted list. Either way, the universe is built around the voters who actually move your race.
What's the smallest race you'll work with?
From local and municipal races up through statewide. Tell us your office and we'll let you know what makes sense for your stage and budget.

This isn't a tool you learn. It's a team that delivers.

No new software for your team to learn and no new team to build. You tell us about your race, we run the contact, and you get reporting that ties every text and call back to your numbers.

Reach the voters who decide your race.

Tell us about your campaign. We'll reach out personally with a few times that work.

We never share your information. We'll be in touch within one business day.