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{{Short description|American political action committee (1948-)}}
The '''National Committee for an Effective Congress''' ('''NCEC''') is a [[political action committee]] founded by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] in 1948. It is one of America's most politically active independent [[Liberal (politics)|liberal]] groups, pooling contributions from across the country to help elect progressive candidates to Congress. The NCEC backs candidates who support freedom of choice, [[separation of church and state]], [[gun control]], equal rights, and environmental protection.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000146&Name=National+Cmte+for+an+Effective+Congress National Cmte for an Effective Congress: Summary | OpenSecrets<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

It worked closely with Democrats to have congressional district lines redrawn to their advantage following the 2000 census.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} NCEC spokespersons have decried the lack of turnover in Congress, even as both parties' redistricting efforts have been criticized for protecting incumbents.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

The NCEC provides voter-research resources to [[progressivism|progressive]] [[political campaign]]s throughout the United States. The NCEC provides targeting information from the precinct to the state level. This includes party turnout, census data, racial breakdown, estimates of swing voters and voter turnout, and many other pieces of data. This is traditionally used by many campaigns for targeting volunteer and paid [[Canvassing|Canvass]] efforts, as well as mail and phone programs.

==Services==
The NCEC defines its services as the following:
#Electoral precinct targeting
#[[Demographics|Demographic]] precinct targeting
#Voter profile analysis
#[[Get out the vote|Get-out-the-vote]] plans
#Candidate scheduling plans
#[[Media market]] analyses
#[[Opinion poll|Polling]] sample selections
#Vote goal analyses

== See also ==
* [[Russell D. Hemenway]], the NCEC's national director from 1966 to 2014

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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ncec.org/ ncec.org]

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