Three questions. One commitment. Real accountability.
Helping citizens evaluate leaders by asking one defining priority and three simple questions before, during, and after they serve.
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Are You a Candidate or Elected Official?
The Three Questions Project invites candidates and elected officials to participate in a nonpartisan civic initiative focused on leadership, clarity, and public accountability.
Rather than making dozens of campaign promises, we ask every participant to identify one defining commitment and answer three simple questions that help citizens better understand their purpose, priorities, and vision.
Participation is voluntary, respectful, and intended to encourage meaningful dialogue between leaders and the communities they serve.
How Participation Works:
- Submit a request to participate or respond to an invitation to participate
- We’ll verify your candidacy or elected office and contact you with the official Three Questions Response Packet.
- Complete your responses and return them to The Three Questions Project.
- After review, your responses will be published on our website and shared with our Facebook community.
- If elected, you’ll be invited to provide future progress updates so citizens can follow your commitment over time.
Request to Participate:
If you are a candidate for public office or currently serving in elected office, we invite you to participate in The Three Questions Project.
Please complete the short request form below. Once your information has been verified, we’ll send you everything you need to participate.
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Participation is voluntary and open to candidates and elected officials at every level of government.
Why This Project Exists
Every election season, candidates make dozens of promises. Voters hear hundreds of ideas, debates, and campaign advertisements, making it difficult to remember what truly matters once the election is over.
The Three Questions Project encourages every candidate to identify one defining priority; the issue they believe would make the greatest difference if elected. Their responses provide citizens with a clear way to understand, evaluate and revisit that commitment before, during and after they serve.
The Three Questions
1. Why are you running?
What is motivating you to seek public office?
This question helps voters understand the candidate’s purpose, priorities, and reason for wanting to lead.
2. What ONE problem will you solve?
Of all the issues facing the community, what is the one problem you will commit to addressing if elected?
Choosing one problem does not mean ignoring every other responsibility. It reveals what the candidate believes is important enough to make a defining priority and build a legacy on.
3. How will the people know you solved it?
What specific result, improvement, or measurable change should the public expect to see?
This question turns a campaign promise into a public commitment that citizens can follow during and after the candidate’s time in office.
Why One Problem?
Public officials are responsible for many issues, but voters still deserve to know what each candidate considers most important.
Asking candidates to identify one problem creates focus. It also gives the public something clear to remember, monitor, and measure.
One defining commitment can reveal more about a candidate than a long list of general promises.
The Purpose
The Three Questions Project does not endorse political parties or candidates. Its purpose is to encourage:
- clearer campaign conversations
- more informed voting
- greater civic accountability
- stronger communities through meaningful leadership
These questions can be used in races for city council, school board, mayor, state office, Congress, and other elected positions.
Ask. Record. Revisit.
Meaningful leadership deserves meaningful accountability. The Three Questions Project encourages communities to preserve each candidate’s responses so they can be revisited before, during, and after their time in office. Public service should be remembered not only by campaign promises, but by commitments made and results achieved.
Get Involved
Whether you’re a candidate, elected official, or citizen, you can help strengthen your community.
- Encourage candidates to participate.
- Read and share candidate responses.
- Revisit commitments over time.
- Support respectful civic dialogue.
- Celebrate meaningful progress.
Better questions create clarity. Clarity builds accountability. Accountability strengthens communities.