Civly synthetic poll: nine potential Democratic nominees against Susan Collins in Maine's 2026 Senate race
Synthetic Polling

Maine 2026: Nine Democrats Against Susan Collins, Simulated

If Graham Platner exits the race, which replacement keeps the seat competitive? We ran all nine potential Democratic nominees head-to-head against Collins on a simulated panel of 4,597 real registered Maine voters, validated against five certified Maine elections. Two beat her outside the margin of error — the rest are toss-ups.

The Civly Turnout Score
Research

The Civly Turnout Score: Beating the “Voted Last Time” Rule

Every campaign targets “likely voters” the same way: did you vote last time? It misses badly on the low-turnout races that decide most offices, and writes off new voters entirely. Our turnout model calls it right 84% of the time across nine states (versus 78%), winning in all nine.

Civly Synthetic Polling scorecard: 9 of 10 winners called correctly in the 2026 New York and Maryland Democratic House primaries
Synthetic Polling

9 of 10. We Called the 2026 Primaries Before a Vote Was Cast.

We forecast every contested New York and Maryland House primary with AI voter simulation — no phone calls, no door knocks — and published every call in advance. Graded against the certified results, we went 9 for 10. Here's how it works, and the one we missed.

Interactive U.S. map of drug and device company payments to physicians by state
Interactive

What Do Drug & Device Companies Pay Your Doctor?

Federal law requires every pharmaceutical and device maker to report what it pays U.S. physicians — $78 billion since 2018. We loaded the complete CMS Open Payments dataset into an interactive map: explore by state, congressional district, and county — or search any doctor by name.

Civly
Press Release

192 Pages on How Democrats Lost. Zero Mentions of AI.

Civly's stance on artificial intelligence, and why the party of science can't afford to look away. We fact-checked the DNC's 192-page post-election report and found the single most disruptive force in the economy didn't earn one sentence in the party's plan for its own future.

Democratic Autopsy and AI
Media June 9, 2026

Democratic Autopsy and AI

Writing in The Fulcrum, Civly CEO Daniel Barkhuff argues the DNC's post-2024 autopsy ducked the question every honest post-mortem must ask. The party's 192-page report never once names the most disruptive force reshaping campaigns and how voters get their information: artificial intelligence.

How a Startup is Using AI to Streamline Opposition Research
Media February 6, 2026

How a Startup is Using AI to Streamline Opposition Research

Campaigns & Elections covers how Civly founder Dan Barkhuff is leveraging AI to compile data from property records, criminal histories, campaign finance databases, and social media in minutes rather than weeks.

Civly
Press Release

Civly Launches AI-Powered Campaign Intelligence Platform

North Carolina-based startup delivers comprehensive candidate research in days instead of weeks, transforming how political campaigns conduct opposition research.

So Here's What I've Been Up To
Blog & Insights January 30, 2026

So Here's What I've Been Up To

Daniel Barkhuff announces the launch of Civly.ai, an AI-powered political technology company designed to help Democratic organizations operate with greater speed and agility in modern narrative-driven politics.

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