Your inbox is crowded right now. Every newsroom and every cause is making an election-season ask.
Here is what separates The Center Square: on Nov. 4, most of that news coverage packs up and goes back to Washington, D.C. or New York. Ours doesn’t. Our reporters stay on the ground, reporting directly from state capitols to keep you informed.
The Center Square has published 1,855 election stories so far in 2026. Those stories earned more than 165,000 placements in local markets. This translates to the number of times a Center Square story ran on the pages and broadcasts where voters actually live.
That is not a sprint to a single Tuesday. That is a beat, staffed for the long run.
It would not have been possible without you.
Because of you – and the thousands of generous supporters just like you – we have reporters on the ground in the swing states that decide control in Washington: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and others.
And The Center Square’s Voters’ Voice Poll goes straight to voters to find out which issues are driving them. We polled in June. Again in August. Again this month.
This on-the-ground coverage, matched with national polling, allows our team to find out what issues actually matter to voters – not special interest groups or political parties – but the issues that impact local communities as voters make ballot decisions.
This is the accountability journalism you deliver. Asking the hard questions on the campaign trail, and keeping that line of questioning in the weeks, months, and years after the election as well.
Consider the impact you are driving through this election coverage:
Polling traveled well beyond our own pages. The Voters’ Voice Poll found a majority of voters are concerned about socialists running for office. This story drew eight broadcast mentions, 228 placements in local markets, and 39,000 views on our website. Then President Donald Trump shared the story, elevating the results to a national level.
Candidate insights in swing states. The Center Square has been following the Arizona Governor’s race, delivering rapid coverage of U.S. Representative Andy Biggs’ nomination. That coverage delivered 225 republications. Continuing this reporting, The Center Square sat down exclusively with Rep. Biggs on The States, our daily video show, asking the hard questions on how he’s going to deliver for Arizonans. Biggs shared our reporting on X, drawing 2,700 views.
Covering the local issue no one else is reporting. Amy Gilligan, executive editor of the Telegraph-Herald, told Editor and Publisher our August story on gray wolf protections in the Wisconsin governor’s race was “a really solid story,” and said she had not seen the subject covered anywhere else available to her, despite the story’s importance to the election. Our story ran in 243 outlets.
Coverage not found elsewhere. Control of the U.S. Senate may come down to one open seat in Michigan. The Center Square questioned Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed directly, then reported his answers alongside what Detroit-area voters told us they actually want addressed: grocery prices, gas prices, and the ability to afford a starter home. The reporting was picked up by 253 newsrooms.
These examples document The Center Square model. Find the local issue voters are weighing. Report it accurately. Put it in front of the newsrooms that need the coverage. Inform the electorate.
You are the engine making this model possible. Will you help us sustain it now, and after the election?
On Nov. 4, the campaign promises get a price tag. But accountability does not expire with a ballot. Election-related reporting must continue through the new year and beyond.
You keep a reporter on the story after Election Day.
Thank you for making this coverage possible.