The Overton Society · 50-state plan
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The Overton Society · 50 states · 12 live, 38 adopting
Take back your statehouse.
One state at a time.
We built the honest voter guide in Colorado — who defends your rights, who sells them out, on the record. Now we're going nationwide. Find your state, become a founding organizer, and drag it across the line.
The Overton Index
LIVEDefend your rights
Of officials taking a clear stance, this share actually defend your rights.
Derived from 106 rated officials in Colorado. Expands as states come online.
Be the first to move the country.
The count starts with you. Every neighbor who joins shows up here in real time — start the momentum.
The DSA heat map
Where the socialist movement is strongest.
Fifty states, one map — shaded by verifiable Democratic Socialists of America activity: chapter membership, number of chapters, and the DSA-affiliated officials we track. The deeper the red, the bigger the footprint. Search or tap a state to see the numbers, then enter its chapter or adopt it.
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DSA: Several chaptersSeveral active DSA chapters are building a bench in your state right now. This is where it starts.
Heat reflects each state's documented DSA footprint — flagship-chapter membership, number of chapters, and DSA-affiliated officials we track. A green outline marks a live Overton Society chapter. Sources: DSA / Wikipedia chapter list (2026) & our sourced officials roster.
The national pulse
How America answered.
Because every state's members answer the same core questions, we can read the country at a glance — the issues people rank first and whether they think their state is headed the right way. Aggregate member opinion only, and a state shows up here only once enough neighbors have weighed in.
America hasn't answered yet.
The moment 5 members in a state weigh in, that state lights up here — top issue and whether folks think it's headed the right way. Be one of the first: take your state's issues poll in the back room.
TAKE YOUR STATE'S POLLResults are aggregate-only and reflect self-selected member opinion — not a scientific sample.
The Overton Report · National Analysis
The socialist movement — in their own words, and on the record.
Fact-anchored analysis from The Overton Society, cited to the DSA's own platform and public legislative records. National coverage that applies to every state.
The Overton Operating System
The whole machine, in your hands.
Winning isn't one tactic — it's a stack. We hand every chapter the full operating system: mail to the doorstep, signs on the corner, gear on the street, and a volunteer army that can swarm from anywhere in the country.
Sourced voter files, print-ready mailers, and walk-list-grade targeting — the same receipts, delivered to the doorstep.
Learn the playbookState-branded signs distributed through your chapter. Visibility is a ground game — flood the neighborhood.
Get materialsNational and state-branded gear. Every order funds the honest guide and turns supporters into walking billboards.
Shop the storeAdopt a race and mobilize a nationwide volunteer swarm — phone, text, postcards, social. Grassroots from coast to coast.
Build your armyYour national profile
Claim your organizer badge.
One identity across all 50 states. Earn points for every neighbor you bring in and every state you help adopt. Go passwordless, or add a password so you can log back in anywhere.
What you claim when you adopt
Put your state on the map and be the reason the honest guide launches there.
- Your state's public build page + live adoption counter
- Founding-organizer recognition when your chapter opens
- First access to your state's officials, report cards & turf tools$600
- A shareable state card to recruit your neighbors
Free to claim — your dues, if you upgrade, fund your state's launch.