A template is a design. It decides what your site looks like. It doesn't collect a single donation, sign up a single volunteer, or tell you how many people visited your site last night. For that you'll be installing, configuring and maintaining a stack of plug-ins - a payment processor, a form builder, a mailing list connector, an events calendar, an analytics package - and keeping all of them updated and secure through the one stretch of months when your website absolutely cannot go down.
That's a real job. On a campaign, it's usually nobody's job.
Campaign Partner takes a different approach: instead of a template, you get a complete, working campaign website - donations, volunteers, events and all - live the minute you sign up.
Instead of a Template: Real Campaign Website Examples
Here are examples of sites our customers have created. Click any of them for a closer look.
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A Template vs. a Complete Campaign Website
A campaign website template
- A design to start from
- You arrange hosting, a domain and TLS certificate
- You install and configure plug-ins for donations, forms and email
- You keep everything patched and secure through election day
- You (or a volunteer) fix it when something breaks
- Support means searching a forum, or dealing with multiple tiers of tech support
Campaign Partner
- A complete website
- Free domain name, hosting and SSL included
- Donations, volunteer signups, events and email built in
- Updates, security and backups handled for you
- Nothing to install - if you can use email, you can run it
- Real people - technical experts - answering your questions
Plans start at just $29/month - compare plans.
What about WordPress, Wix or Squarespace templates?
You won't be patching plug-ins on a Wix or Squarespace site, and the designs are perfectly fine. But they're built for restaurants and photographers and consultants, which means every campaign-specific thing you need, you build yourself out of generic parts. There's no supporter database behind your volunteer form, so signups land in a spreadsheet. There's no contribution tracking or expense reporting when it's time to file. No yard sign requests, no endorsement pages, no precinct-ready contact exports, no phone banking, no RSVP lists you can actually work from.
Campaign Partner is built for one job. Everything a political website needs is already there on the day you sign up, and the people answering your support questions have helped candidates through tens of thousands of elections.
Designed Around Your Campaign
No design experience necessary! Already have a yard sign or logo? Upload it and we'll automatically pull its colors into your new site. Starting from scratch? We'll create a logo for you at signup that you can adjust in our drag-and-drop Logo Designer. You start from a professionally designed foundation and make it your own - and you can change any of it, any time, from your control panel.
Start From a Working Home Page
Your site starts with a working home page, not a blank layout. Assemble it from ready-made building blocks - feature your campaign ad in a Video panel, pair a photo with a call-to-action button, collect email signups, add a fundraising widget with a live progress meter, or count down to Election Day. Simple step-by-step wizards walk you through each panel, with a live preview at every step.
Everything a template
leaves out - included
The moment you sign up, you'll have a complete, fully-functional campaign website with these starter pages ready to go:
Home page with slideshow, news feed, fundraising & email signup
About the Candidate
Online donations page
Volunteer signup form
Yard sign request form
Photo galleries
News page
Issues pages
Events & RSVP
Contact form
Voter registration info
Endorsement pages
Template Questions, Answered
Are there free political campaign website templates?
There are free and low-cost campaign themes for WordPress and other platforms, but the template is the smallest part of the bill. You'll still pay for hosting, a domain, an SSL certificate and the plug-ins that handle donations, forms and email - and you'll maintain all of it yourself. Campaign Partner plans start at $29/month with the domain, hosting, SSL and every campaign tool included.
Do you have political website templates for WordPress?
No - Campaign Partner isn't a template you download and install. You get a complete, hosted campaign website with donations, volunteer signups, events and a supporter database already working, so there's nothing to install, patch or keep secure.
Can I customize the design?
Completely - you start from a professionally designed foundation. Upload your logo or yard sign and we'll automatically pull its colors into your site, or use the drag-and-drop Logo Designer to create one at signup. You can change colors, photos, pages and home page panels any time - see a live example.
What kinds of campaigns is Campaign Partner designed for?
Candidates use Campaign Partner for thousands of offices - school board, city council, mayor, sheriff, judge, commissioner, state legislature, all the way to the U.S. Senate - plus ballot initiatives, issue awareness campaigns, local party offices and nonprofits.
How fast can I launch my campaign website?
Your site is created the moment you sign up - it's just a matter of adding your own text and photos. You can keep the site hidden while you build it, then publish instantly when you're ready. Questions first? Ask us anything.