GDC3 Consulting

Austin, TX / Washington, DC

We move voters.

GDC3 is a political consulting firm for PACs, associations, campaigns and companies. We move voters to where you need them.

Talk to a principal

Every channel that reaches a voter.

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Digital impressions
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Texts delivered
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Doors knocked
// Capabilities 03 practices

+ The air war

Digital
Advertising

Strategy, creative, placement, and measurement under one roof. We use matched voter audiences to reach the right people, not just broad demographics, and report performance 24/7 in plain English.

  • CTV + streaming
  • Pre-roll + display
  • Paid social
  • Search
  • YouTube
  • Creative production
  • 24/7 reporting

+ The file

Data +
Analytics

We build the targeting before the first dollar moves, and we measure whether it worked after. Polling, focus groups, and the voter file in one practice. You will know what moved, what did not, and where the next dollar should go.

  • Polling
  • Focus groups
  • Voter file management
  • Modeled universes
  • Matched audiences
  • Testing + measurement
  • Program analytics

+ The network

Strategy +
Counsel

Senior operatives who have run statewide, congressional, and presidential programs. We set the plan, coordinate the vendors, and give principals a straight answer. Our relationships run through Austin and Washington, and we put them to work.

  • Program design
  • Budget allocation
  • Vendor management
  • Public affairs
  • Coalition strategy
// Selected Work

Primary runoff, Dallas-Fort Worth

+23 points in 22 days
Situation
An open seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth media market. Our candidate finished the first round of the primary 20 points behind, and the frontrunner came within 80 votes of winning the seat outright that night. Most operations would have written the race off. Our client asked us what it would take to win.
Program
We had 22 days. We built two target universes: reliable primary voters who needed a reason to switch, and general election voters who had never cast a runoff ballot in their lives. Then we put weight on both through every channel at once. Broadcast television carried the message, backed by streaming and digital, seven rounds of mail, seven rounds of texting, live calls, and a paid canvass that kept knocking through the afternoon of election day. Weekly polling in the field told us what was moving and where to shift dollars.
Result
A 23-point swing in 22 days, and a win by 302 votes. On election day alone our canvassers knocked 1,050 doors and identified 310 supporters who voted that same day, nearly the exact final margin.

// Trusted by

The American Opportunity PAC
Coalition por Texas
Dustin Burrows Speaker of the Texas House
Fox News
Jared Patterson Texas House
Jay Dean Texas House
Jeff Leach Texas House
Jodey Arrington U.S. Congress
Justice Jimmy Blacklock Texas Supreme Court
Sands Corporation
Texas Action PAC
Texas Defense PAC
Texas Economic Fund
Texas Freedom Alliance
Texas National Security Council
Tom Tiffany U.S. Congress
// The Team
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Spencer Davis

Co-Founder

Spencer has built some of the largest political and data operations in the country, most recently as Data Director for Senator Tim Scott's presidential campaign.

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Mitchell Carney

Co-Founder

Mitchell has worked at the highest levels of Republican politics, from Governor Abbott's political operation to Political Director of Tim Scott's presidential campaign.

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Abigail Smallwood

Chief Operating Officer

Abigail oversees the firm's day-to-day operations and leads digital strategy and execution for clients across the country, with campaigns directed up and down the ballot.

// Contact

Start with a conversation.

Tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right firm for it.

Email
info@gdc3.co
Offices
Austin, TX · Washington, DC