Nick Troiano

Nick delivered these remarks upon his honorary induction to the Delaware Valley High School chapter of Rho Kappa (2019).

Nick participated in the opening panel at "The Energy Summit" to discuss political trends in the state of Colorado (2019).

Nick makes the case for independent leadership in this short "spark" talk.

Nick's TEDx talk on "The Internet and 21st Century Democracy" (2011). You can also watch's Nick's TEDxHendrixCollege talk on "Politics and the Common Good."

Nick's high school commencement speech as student body president (2007).

We produced an animated, overview video to announce the new platform in January 2016.

We partnered with the Des Moines Register to host the first-ever online, crowdsourced Q&A town hall with the 2016 presidential candidates.

We partnered with 9News/KUSA in Colorado to promote our personalized ballot guide to their viewers ahead of their June primary election.

We hired "street teams" in Cleveland & Philadelphia to spread the word about our #VoteLocal campaign at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

• Won 22,691 votes (13%) – the highest of any independent U.S. House candidate running in a three-way race
   
• Raised $167,893 from nearly 1,000 supporters – without accepting a dime from any PAC, lobbyist, union, or corporation
   
• Collected 7,053 signatures to become the first independent in PA-10's history
   
• Garnered over 250 press hits – including profiles in National Journal and Washington Post
   
• Secured 21 endorsements from Mayors – from both parties and 11 different counties

Watch the campaign's introductory video here. 

Nick's campaign produced 23 "Chat with Troiano" videos, a weekly YouTube series to feature bipartisan policy ideas, and published seven white papers on his campaign platform: 

• Securing Social Security
   
• Tax Reform America Can Afford
   
• Prescriptions for the U.S. Health Care System
   
• Getting Our Economy Working Again
   
• PAC-Man Marino: A Campaign Finance Analysis
   
• Improving our Congressional Office
   
• Economic Development in PA's 10th District

Selected press:

• A compilation of over two dozen Letters to the Editor written from citizens across the district 

• Young and Seeking Office, Without a Party
  Washington Post – May 23, 2014
   
• No Party for This Young Man: A Millennial Storms the Gates of Washington
  National Journal – April 6, 2014
   
• The Independents Who Could Tip the Senate in November
  The Daily Beast – October 13, 2014

Pocono Record: "Incumbent Congressman Tom Marino easily lost the debate. The winner was probably Troiano, although Brion too gave a strong performance."

The Can Kicks Back was formed in 2012 to advocate for policies to reduce our long-term deficits in a bold, generationally balanced, and bipartisan way. Our Advisory Board included the co-chairs of the 2010 fiscal commission, Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simspon. The above video introduced the campaign and quickly went viral. Read our 2013 Annual Report.

The generational equity tour was a five-week, cross-country series of events organized with over 70 partner organizations on 20 college campuses –– featuring our mascot, AmeriCAN. At the tour's conclusion, more than 800 messages on tin cans were delivered to Congressional offices on Capitol Hill. See the tour's blog.

The Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act (INFORM Act) is a bipartisan bill, whose introduction was championed by The Can Kicks Back, to increase transparency in the federal budget. The INFORM Act has been endorsed by over 1,000 economists, including more than a dozen Nobel Laureates. Learn more.

In 2013, The Can Kicks Back released a report called "Swindled: How The Millenial Generation Will Pay the Price of Washington's Paralysis." It analyzed the effect our nation's unaddressed fiscal challenges will have on the millennial generation. The report also examines the fiscal gap: an estimate of the unfunded responsibilities that must be paid by future generations.