A verified network built for political research
PolitiMind recruits participants directly, verifies them once, and matches them to studies they actually fit. People are paid for their time — never their opinions — and identity stays separate from what they say.
How people join the network
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Open recruitment
People join directly through PolitiMind, not through resold third-party panel inventory.
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Verify once
Each participant is verified a single time before any response can count.
The details of identity, eligibility, and uniqueness controls are on the Audience Verification page.
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Build a research profile
Participants describe themselves over time, so studies can be matched without re-asking basics.
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Receive matched studies
Invitations go to participants who fit a study, and each completed response is reviewed before it counts.
Coverage
Which populations a study can describe
A sample is only as good as the population it can honestly stand for. We describe coverage in terms of populations, and say plainly where it is thin.
U.S. adults
The general population base every study can draw from, with eligibility confirmed before participation.
Eligible-voter populations
Where a study describes voters, it draws on participants whose eligibility for that population has been established — not general adults filling the quota.
Disclosed limits
Coverage varies by geography and subgroup. Where a population is thin, results say so instead of stretching a small cell.
Matching and reach
Invitations by eligibility, not first come, first served
Studies are offered to participants who match the population and requirements, rather than to whoever clicks fastest. That keeps quotas from filling with the same eager few and reduces responses lost to disqualification.
Every completed response still goes through qualification review before it counts toward a result or is paid.
Network health
A network people want to stay in
Data quality over time depends on participants who keep showing up and taking studies seriously. We keep participation sustainable: relevant studies, reasonable frequency, and fair pay for time.
A stable network is also what makes tracking and before/after measurement defensible — movement reflects real change rather than a different crowd. Recontact happens only where the participant has consented and the study enables it. See how this compounds in the Trusted Participation Flywheel.
Privacy in the network
Studies see eligibility, not identity
Identity records and research responses are held in separate layers. Studies learn whether a participant qualifies, not who they are. Read the full privacy and security model.
Restricted identity layer
- Verification records under least-privilege access
- Every access recorded in an audit history
Research layer
- Responses tied to a pseudonymous reference
- Weighting, analysis, and reported aggregates
What the network does, and what it doesn't
- Participation requires identity verification, so responses come from confirmed real people rather than anonymous traffic.
- Participant identity and response data are held separately, so buyers receive population-level intelligence and never participant identities.
- BetaBecause the same verified population can be measured repeatedly, movement over time is comparable rather than reconstructed from unrelated samples.
We describe coverage by population and do not publish inventory counts or matching rules. Representativeness still depends on recruitment, sample design, coverage, weighting, and disclosed limitations. Longitudinal and recontact capabilities depend on participant consent and per-study enablement.
For participants
Join, choose studies, get paid for your time
You verify once, choose which studies to answer, and are paid for participating — never for holding a particular view. Your answers are reported only as part of an aggregate. Learn about participating.