Is Oath's algorithm effective?

Oath’s algorithm, which is is designed to help candidates in close elections with high stakes who are currently underfunded, has consistently proven effective. While many organizations emphasize the win rate of candidates they support, that metric can mask poor decisions about which races to target. Instead, Oath focuses on the percentage of funding directed to elections decided by less than 5% of votes because those are the races in which donations have the greatest impact. In 2024, Oath directed more than 67% of funding (over 300,000 donations) to races within this margin — through building trust in our Impact Score and personal recommendations. For example, Oath highly rated Dante Pittman’s race in North Carolina in 2024. Oath donors accounted for nearly 30% of his total individual donors and he ultimately won by just 871 votes, breaking the Republican supermajority in the state.