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Campaign Message Preflight
Campaign Message Preflight

Test campaign messaging before you send.

For campaigns, consultants, and advocacy teams. Paste a draft, read a panel of real voters, fix the copy — in about a minute.

A fraction of a focus group18/20 themes vs. an MIT focus groupReal voter data
Coldread ReportCost-of-living ad
Preflight
American voter panelMemo ID CR-051
First-read score6.8 / 10
Action signal52%
Trust risk3 / 10
Confusion riskMedium
Top objection

“Show the price, vote, or tradeoff.”

Recommended move

Add local proof and one cost example.

voter room

See where every voter lands.

Open a person after a run to read why they moved, then ask follow-ups when signed in.

click voters
inside a real run

The actual product, on an actual read.

Screens from a live Coldread run on a cost-of-living campaign message — no mockups. Tap any screen to enlarge.

the workspacePaste a draft. Pick voters. Run.

The three-step composer: drop in an ad, email, or statement, choose the voter universe, and launch a read in about a minute.

voter reaction roomSee where all 510 voters land.

Every respondent plotted from skeptical to bought in — skeptical, mixed, and bought-in counts at a glance, each dot a real reaction.

open any voterRead exactly why they moved.

Click a voter to open their full reaction — score, sentiment, the line that landed or lost them, and what they objected to.

campaign moments

Fast moments. Fast read.

01

Rapid response

02

Debate prep

03

Fundraising email

04

Paid media

05

Attack ads

06

Policy framing

07

GOTV copy

08

Landing pages

sample report

Score. Risk. Fix.

A campaign memo your team can skim.

First-read score
6.8/ 10
Action signal
52%
might donate, share, volunteer, or learn more
Voter sentiment · real voter data
love 8%like 51%neutral 26%dislike 13%hate 2%
Persuaded · 8/10
Curtis Reed · electrician, Green Bay WI
“Give me one local example before I trust it.”
Trust risk · 3/10
Walt Finch · retiree, rural PA
“Show me the vote, the price, or the tradeoff.”
Confused · 5/10
Maya Fontaine · designer, Phoenix AZ
“Who pays? What changes first?”

Real voter data. Objections. Splits. Rewrite moves.

benchmark

MIT focus-group check.

18/20 human themes recovered. 546 simulated reactions. $0.097 model spend (this run).

Use it before the ad buy, debate prep, email blast, or candidate statement.

human-theme recovery18/20
human insight themes recovered
reaction breadth14.0×
39 humans
546 simulated reactions
more reads to inspect risk
preflight spend$0.097
benchmark run
before spend

Fix the draft first.

Still do real research. Use Coldread before it.

Coldread preflight
A fraction
Real voter data · about a minute
Traditional research project
$30,000
Typical focus-group project
A fraction — Coldread$30,000 — research project
time
Coldread
~1 min
Draft in. Risks out.
Traditional research
12 weeks
Recruit, field, analyze, report
~1 min — Coldread12 weeks — research project
pricing

Pick your plan.

Pick the plan that matches how often you ship and pay as you go. Cancel anytime.

Early Access

$19 / month

Starter.

  • 50-75 runs / month
  • API & automation access

Max

$120 / month

Daily teams.

  • Fair-use unlimited
  • Priority support
  • Teams included — up to 5 people

Teams are included with Pro — up to 5 people, each member runs on their own plan. Enterprise Teams: more than 5 people, central billing, custom limits — contact us.

Sign in to run the panel.

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Trust check.

+Is this polling?
No. It does not predict outcomes, vote share, turnout, persuasion lift, or fundraising.
+Where does voter data fit?
Use real voter data to ground the read, then inspect objections, confusion, trust risk, and rewrite moves.
+What does the score mean for a campaign?
A directional first read. The useful parts are objections, confusion, trust risk, splits, and rewrites.
+When should a campaign use it?
Before ads, emails, debate answers, statements, policy frames, and GOTV copy.
+What happens to campaign material?
Message content and free-text output are discarded after the run.
+What does this cost?
Plans start at $19/month, billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
+Where can I read the methodology?
Full breakdown at /methodology.