Step 01
Vote goal
How many votes you need and how they distribute across precincts.
For candidates and campaign staff
A campaign budget that doesn't break when you delete a row.
Vote goal, swing precincts, voter contact, fundraising, admin, cash flow. Six modules that talk to each other, in one place, free for the people running the race.
No account required. Save your work when you're ready.
| Month | Cash at start | Revenue | Spend | Cash at end | Burn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | $35,000 | $5,800 | $7,800 | $33,000 | 22% |
| May 2026 | $33,000 | $43,150 | $7,800 | $68,350 | 24% |
| Jun 2026 | $68,350 | $13,125 | $7,800 | $73,675 | 11% |
| Jul 2026 | $73,675 | $13,125 | $17,150 | $69,650 | 23% |
| Aug 2026 | $69,650 | $13,125 | $24,500 | $58,275 | 35% |
| Sep 2026 | $58,275 | $19,500 | $34,200 | $43,575 | 55% |
| Oct 2026 | $43,575 | $24,800 | $38,400 | $30,975 | 76% |
| Nov 2026Election | $30,975 | $1,200 | $14,800 | $17,375 | 48% |
Projected ending cash$17,375
Methodology
Built on the same vote goal and swing voter math used by trained campaign professionals.
Race coverage
Templates for local boards, county offices, state legislative, congressional, and statewide races.
Open by default
Every assumption is visible and editable. Export to spreadsheet or PDF whenever you want.
What it does
Six modules, one
budget that holds.
Step 02
Swing voters
Which precincts actually move when you spend on persuasion.
Step 03
Voter contact
Mail, digital, TV, radio, phones, doors. Quantities and costs.
Step 04
Fundraising
What you need to raise, by month, by source.
Step 05
Admin
Staff and operations. Everything that is not voter contact.
Step 06
Summary
Monthly cash on hand and burn rate, projected to election day.
Why this exists
Built by operators, not consultants.
The spreadsheet that runs most state and local campaigns is fragile. Deleting a row breaks formulas. The timeline is hardcoded to March-November. Categories aren't configurable.
CampaignBudget is the same workbook the pros use, rebuilt as a real product. A joint effort from Victory Frameworks and American Election HQ, both organizations that have spent years building tools and curricula for the people running campaigns at every level.
The core calculators and budgets are free forever. You don't need an account to use them. Sign up only if you want your work to follow you across devices.
How it works
Each module talks
to the next one.
Step 01
Plan the cash flow.
The Summary page rolls fundraising income, voter contact spend, and admin overhead into a single monthly ledger. See the projected ending cash, peak burn rate, and the first month you go negative, before you ship a single mailer.
Step 02
Map voter contact to the budget.
Categories for mail, digital, TV, radio, phones, and door-to-door. Each line item picks a voter segment, multiplies by a unit cost, and lays the spend across the months you'll run it. The right-rail black card is the running total.
Step 03
Account for staff and bonuses.
Admin handles staff salaries, recurring rent and software, one-time purchases, and bonuses. Mark a bonus contingent on winning and the Summary surfaces both a loss and a win scenario without you re-running anything.
Step 04
Plan how you'll fund it.
Donor count times average gift, distributed across the campaign. The progress bar inside the hero card shows where you are against the voter contact total, color-coded so you don't have to read percentages to know if you're on pace.
Pricing
Free for the work
that wins races.
Today
Free
All calculators, all templates, all exports. Save locally without signing up. Create an account to sync across devices.
- Vote goal calculator with precinct allocation
- Swing voter calculator with comparable race upload
- Voter contact and fundraising budget builder
- Monthly cash flow and burn rate projection
- CSV, Excel, and PDF export
- Local save without an account, sync when you sign up
Coming later
Coming soonPaid features
For consultants, party staff, and larger campaign operations.
- Multi-campaign management for consultants
- White-label exports for clients
- Advanced reporting and benchmarking
- Team seats and shared review
Start your campaign budget.
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