The 2037 Initiative

A Conversation Toward 2037

Building, in the years ahead, toward a nationwide question every candidate for office will be asked — and every answer published, in full, unedited.

Why 2037

A generational conversation, not a campaign.

In 2037, the United States Constitution turns 250 years old. Right to Redress is using that horizon to build toward a long, nonpartisan conversation about term limits — beginning with the most direct question there is: candidates, what do you actually think about limiting your own time in office?

The 2037 Initiative is not a separate organization, a party, or an endorsement engine. It is a standing practice RTR is building toward: asking every candidate for federal and state office the same two questions, and publishing every answer exactly as given. Nothing rated. Nothing scored. Nothing spun. This page describes that practice and the thinking behind it. The organizational and legal groundwork RTR is completing first is outlined in the 2037 Initiative Master Plan.

Why This, Why Now

This isn't a fringe position or a one-poll finding. Multiple independent national surveys, taken separately, land in the same range.

83%

of Americans support term limits for Congress

NPR / PBS News / Marist national poll, April 2026

89%

of Republicans support it, in that same national poll

NPR / PBS News / Marist, April 2026

78%

of Democrats support it, in that same national poll

NPR / PBS News / Marist, April 2026

Independent voters are even more supportive, at 84%. And this isn't one poll's finding — separate national surveys by Pew Research and the University of Maryland's Program for Public Consultation have landed in the same 83-87% range for years, with the University of Maryland's tracking showing support holding steady since 2017. It's also not just a national abstraction. Indiana's own lawmakers have engaged this issue directly: House Joint Resolution 2 (2022) and Senate Joint Resolution 21 (2025), both calling for a federal term-limits amendment, were authored with support from both parties and passed the General Assembly.

How Does Your State Feel About Term Limits?

Support is broad nationally, but the details vary by state — both in what voters say and in what state lawmakers have already done about their own terms. Pick your state to see both.

Select your state

State-specific voter polling shown above reflects surveys RTR could verify as of July 2026 — it isn't available for every state yet, and where it isn't, the national figure is shown instead, clearly labeled as such. Legislative term-limit status, by contrast, is confirmed for all 50 states.

Why Term Limits, Why First

It already clears the bar amendments require. Article V demands supermajority agreement — two-thirds of Congress, three-fourths of the states. Most issues never come close. Term limits, per the polling above, already does.

It's structural, not substantive. Term limits change how power rotates, not who holds a particular right or belief. Historically, amendments about the structure of government — the 22nd, 25th, 26th — have found agreement more easily than amendments that settle a contested value question.

There's already real momentum to build on. A bipartisan-leaning congressional term-limits amendment sits in the current Congress right now, and Indiana's own legislature has twice passed resolutions supporting a federal term-limits amendment. RTR isn't starting this conversation from zero.

How RTR Will Keep This Nonpartisan

✓ Every candidate will be asked the identical two questions — no variation by party, district, or office.
✓ Every answer received will be published in full and unedited. RTR will not paraphrase, summarize, or select which part of a response appears.
✓ RTR will not rate, score, label, or endorse any candidate based on their answer — or their silence. A candidate who does not respond will be marked "No response received," not treated as a negative answer.
✓ RTR does not support or oppose any candidate or political party, in this initiative or anywhere else on this site.

Where This Stands Today

RTR is completing the organizational and legal groundwork this initiative deserves — a governing board, fiscal sponsorship, and the federal nonprofit filing — before reaching out to any candidate. Nothing on this page is an active request: no candidate is being contacted, no responses are being collected, and no pledge is being asked of anyone yet. This page will be updated when that changes.