Our Framework
A Strong Floor. No Ceiling.
Two ideas, working together, a foundation no American should fall below, and no artificial cap on what you can build if you work hard and play by the rules.
Our Framework
The policies
From SFNC-aligned leaders to you, there is no expectation that you agree with every policy we are suggesting. SFNC is a flexible framework, adapt it to your community! But taken altogether, these policies add up to the America we want to live in.
These are samples coming from a much larger story. If you want to learn more about all policies within the Strong Floor, No Ceiling movement, read our book.
Read the book+49 Net support = voters who back the policy minus voters who oppose it, from the Slingshot Strategies March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll. Hover any number for the detail.
Infrastructure +49 Supporters outnumber opponents by 49 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Enact a national infrastructure renewal plan and the targeted reindustrialization of strategic sectors, removing red tape so we can build America for the next century, expanding housing supply, scaling sustainable energy, manufacturing the cutting edge technologies we invented here at home, creating investment opportunities and good jobs, and restoring infrastructure as a source of national pride.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Education & Jobs +48 Supporters outnumber opponents by 48 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Provide free pre-K and community college alongside a Connect America broadband plan to make sure every American home has access to the internet; additionally, launch a Jobs of National Priority Program to offer targeted incentives, lower education costs, and vocational reskilling to make critical jobs such as trades, nursing, home health care, doctors, first responders, and teachers easier to enter and sustain.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Defense & Foreign Policy +46 Supporters outnumber opponents by 46 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Maintain a strong military and strategic foreign aid as vital investments in American security, jobs, alliances, and global leadership; without starting new wars and not engaging in military action without congressional approval.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Justice +42 Supporters outnumber opponents by 42 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Ensure safety in our communities is delivered justly; work to destigmatize the police while reducing incarceration rates and taking the necessary steps to enforce gun safety and keep guns out of schools.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Immigration +37 Supporters outnumber opponents by 37 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Recognize that immigration is a national superpower that has been terribly mismanaged: we must secure our borders and show no tolerance for criminality, while providing a clear pathway to work and status, including for DACA, through just enforcement that obeys our laws and our morals without devolving into chaos and violent enforcement.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Healthcare +32 Supporters outnumber opponents by 32 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Establish a single-payer public healthcare option and strong incentives for preventative care, while driving a renewal of public and private investment in research, pharmaceutical innovation, and ambitious science moonshots.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Affordability & Taxes +31 Supporters outnumber opponents by 31 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Enforce the tax code and raise revenue fairly to ensure stability for entitlement programs, while considering minimum wage increases. Offer an American Prosperity Dividend if AI and robotics displace jobs or further concentrate wealth. We will remove burdens and light pathways to support small business, while fostering cross-sector investment in innovation to keep the economy growing.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Reconnection to Democracy +31 Supporters outnumber opponents by 31 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Heal the nation by considering a multitrack national service experience with options for military service, teaching, public service projects at home or abroad, or in local government, by reforming our media and social media ecosystems to reduce loneliness, and resetting the key norms of our democracy, including ending gerrymandering and reducing the influence of money in politics.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Governance +25 Supporters outnumber opponents by 25 points. Net support is the share of voters who back the policy minus the share who oppose it, so the number is the margin supporters win by. Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Appoint a nonpartisan COO of the United States of America and establish a nonpartisan Fair Rules Commission with real authority to streamline regulation and improve the execution of government.
Source: Slingshot Strategies, March 2026 battleground/swing-district poll.
Strong Floor, No Ceiling is a hopeful, practical framework that reconnects fairness with ambition, restores belief in upward mobility, and gives Americans something worth believing in, and voting for, again.