A toolkit and knowledge center for campaign texting.
Email gets ignored and social feeds bury you — but a text gets opened within minutes. SMS Democrat is a free, independent toolkit, resource, and knowledge center for reaching people over SMS and WhatsApp: practical tools and plain-language guides for progressive campaigns, activism, and human-rights organizing.
Free tools for campaign texting
Practical, no-signup utilities. Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type is sent anywhere.
SMS Cost & Segment Calculator
See how many texts your message really costsPaste a message to see its encoding (GSM-7 vs UCS-2), character count, how many SMS segments it splits into, and the estimated campaign cost — and why one emoji or curly quote can triple the bill.
SMS Message Cleaner
Strip the characters that make texts cost doubleAutomatically swap smart quotes, em dashes and other Unicode gremlins for GSM-7-safe equivalents, and see the segments (and money) you save.
STOP / HELP Footer Generator
Build a compliant opt-out lineGenerate a carrier- and TCPA-friendly opt-out/help footer for your campaign texts, and see exactly how many characters it adds.
SMS Opt-In Language Templates
Get consent the right wayFill-in-the-blank opt-in disclosure and welcome-message templates for web forms, text-to-join keywords, and paper or verbal sign-ups — with every element carriers and the TCPA expect.
SMS vs WhatsApp Cost Comparison
The same message, both channels, side by sideCompare what a message costs over SMS versus WhatsApp so you can pick the right channel for each audience.
10DLC Registration Checklist
Get registered without the guessworkAn interactive checklist for US A2P registration — brand, campaign use case, consent, message compliance, and go-live — with your progress saved in the browser.
Send-Time & Quiet-Hours Planner
Never text anyone at 1am againSee what local time your message lands in every audience time zone, with quiet-hours (8am–9pm) warnings so a coast-to-coast blast doesn’t wake people up.
Why texting matters for the movement
It's the most democratic channel there is: no algorithm decides who sees it, and almost everyone has it.
No gatekeeper
No feed ranking, no ad approval. If someone opted in, your message lands in their pocket — critical for causes platforms deprioritize.
Reaches everyone
SMS works on every phone with no app or data plan. WhatsApp reaches the communities that live there — across Europe, Latin America and diaspora networks.
Drives real action
GOTV reminders, event RSVPs, rapid-response mobilization, volunteer shifts — texting converts intent into action while the moment is live.