Advertise with Only Issues
Reach people who care about how Congress works — with a card that fits the topic, not the person.
Our advertising policy
Plain rules, published up front. Every sponsored card has to fit all of them.
- Matched by topic, never by person. We choose a card using only the policy area of the bills around it. We don't use who a reader is, where they live, what they follow, or how they voted.
- Artwork is hosted by us. Your logo and image are served from our own site, so no third party ever sees our readers. Images need a short text description for accessibility, and no political imagery.
- Always labeled. Every card says “Sponsored · Your brand,” looks different from a bill, and can be dismissed with one tap.
- Consumer “this or that” questions only. One question, two answers.
- Not accepted: candidates, parties, PACs, advocacy groups, ballot campaigns, and lobbying firms; and any ad that mentions a bill, a law, a member of Congress, or a policy position.
- Totals only. Sponsors receive aggregate numbers — views, answers, clicks, and dismissals. Never individual people, and nothing about who the readers are.
- Readers see the results. After answering, a reader sees how everyone split, labeled “Only Issues readers who answered · not a scientific poll.”
- Independent of the bills. Sponsorship never changes which bills appear or how they're shown. Sponsored content is the sponsor's, not an endorsement by Only Issues.
- We review every card before it runs, and may decline or remove any card.
Sponsored cards are still in development. We're talking with a small number of launch sponsors now.