Cost of living
Food, housing, and household bills.
How will you help people afford everyday life?
Cost concerns · Pew, Oct 8 ↗The public record opens October 31, 2026
Your vote is your choice.
Want our vote?
Put it in writing.
We know what people are concerned about. Will you put in writing what you’ll do, when you’ll do it, and answer to the public for the results?
For everyone running for any public office, and everyone already in office. Every party.
People: Ask for specific written commitments before deciding whom to support. You can raise concerns and follow the work whether or not you can vote.
Candidates: Tell the people which demands you’ll work on, what you’ll do, and by when. If you disagree—or have a better plan—explain it in writing.
Already in office? Tell us what you’ll do next—and by when. Put it in writing.
The Covenant is a written promise to work on people’s priorities and answer for the results. These buttons open our Civic Action Center.
Public promises. Public record. Public accountability.
- PeopleTell us what matters.
- PrioritiesName the work that needs doing.
- Written commitmentsAsk leaders to put it in writing.
- Public recordCheck it. Share it.
- Follow-throughKeep asking what changed.
A public record everyone can examine.
How it works
What happens after someone signs?
Check.
Check who sent it and what they promised.
Publish.
After we check it and have permission to share it, put the promise where people can read it.
Follow.
Use the PHIERS Accountability Model—the PAM—to follow what was promised, what money was provided and spent, what was done, and what changed.
Keep asking.
What was delivered? What remains unfinished? What happens next?
Signing, answering, and getting things done are different. We keep a record of each. This is the process we are building. Some form and email steps still need testing.
The concerns are real. What will they do about them?
The People’s Priorities
National polls show what people are worried about. Local polls and your ideas help show what matters where you live.
Affordable healthcare
Getting the care you need at a price you can afford.
How will you make care more affordable and accessible?
Voting issues · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Democracy and elections
People having a voice, votes counted fairly, and lawful results respected.
How will you protect people’s votes and make government answer to them?
Voting issues · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Education and children
Strong schools and support for children’s health, learning, and well-being.
How will you help children succeed and support the families caring for them?
Voting issues · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Immigration
Immigration rules that work and a fair legal process.
How will you make immigration rules work fairly and protect people’s legal rights?
Voting issues · Pew, Oct 8 ↗War and peace
Preventing war, pursuing peace, and answering for military decisions.
What will you do now to stop further escalation in the Middle East and pursue peace? Congress: how will you use your war powers, funding authority, and oversight?
Election issues · AP-NORC, Oct 15 ↗Fuel and energy
Affordable, reliable energy.
How will you make energy affordable and dependable?
Cost concerns · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Community safety
Preventing violence and helping people feel safe.
How will you prevent harm and strengthen public safety?
Voting issues · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Government and public trust
Leaders who listen, spend public money responsibly, and do what they promised.
What will you do—and how can the public check your work?
Government scope · Pew, Oct 8 ↗Jobs and opportunity
Dependable jobs, training, and chances for local businesses.
How will you help people earn a living and build a future?
Job-market concerns · Pew, Oct 8 ↗These ten topics come from public research. They are not one poll’s top-ten list. People can agree that a problem matters and disagree about how to fix it. PHIERS wrote these questions to ask leaders what they will do.
The survey now starts with questions about the House and its Speaker. We still need to check whether it lets you add every kind of concern.
Read the research and sources
Pew’s October 8 reports ask voters which issues matter and adults which costs worry them. AP-NORC’s October 15 report looks at election concerns. We do not mix those answers into a single ranking.
Pew asks about the size and role of government. PHIERS also asks leaders to explain their spending and follow-through. The polls do not endorse the answers or solutions we ask leaders to consider.
Gallup research may be added after the team checks which findings support each topic.
Public Commitments. Public Record.
The Covenant asks people running for office to put their promises in writing, work on the concerns people have raised, and tell the public what they did and what changed.
If they disagree with a request, they should explain why. If they cannot deliver, they should explain what happened and what they can do next.
The PAM keeps five questions in front of the public:
- PromisedWhat was promised?
- FundedWhat was funded?
- SpentWhat was spent?
- DoneWhat was done?
- ChangedWhat changed?
People can disagree about the solution. Accountability means checking what was promised against what was done.
A signature is the start. Each answer needs facts people can check.
Coming October 31
A record people can follow.
Who signed? What did they commit to do? What happens next?
We will share written promises and answers as they come in and we check them. None have been published yet.
The record will show who signed, who was asked, who said they are thinking about it, who said no, and who has not answered as of a stated date. A missing name does not mean someone refused.
See where checked signatures will appear →Real solutions. The same questions for everyone.
Have a better plan? Bring it.
PHIERS puts practical proposals on the table for affordable care, lower costs, paid work, stronger local businesses, and community support. Look at our approach. Help make it better.
If you won’t embrace our approach, show us a better way to meet those needs—and let the public check your promises and results, too.
Bring your plan. Put it in writing. Let the people compare.
Explore the PHIERS solutions →
Ask for the commitment. Follow the work.
Candidates: Read the Covenant and put your commitment in writing.
Current officials: Tell us what you’ll do next—and by when. Put it in writing.
People: Ask your leaders to commit. Add what your community needs. Follow their responses.
Journalists and community organizations: Check the facts, ask hard questions, and help people follow what happens.
Want our vote?
Put your commitments in writing.
Tell us which demands you’ll act on, what you’ll do, and by when. If you disagree, explain why. Then answer to the public for what you deliver.
Survey = DirectionTell us what matters.
Petition = StrengthStand together behind a stated request.
Covenant = CommitmentLeaders put commitments in writing.
PAM = AccountabilityWe keep the receipts and push for follow-through.
Each action is a separate choice. The People’s Covenant Request asks leaders to commit. The general Public Trust Petition remains separate. Taking a survey is optional. Your earlier signature is not used to sign you up for something new.
Go deeper: how PHIERS works
You don’t have to learn the whole system before taking part. When you want more, explore the existing START explanation, practical solutions, and the work behind PHIERS.