Massachusetts budget game
Build Your $2B Budget
Governing is about trade offs. So rather than send out a survey about policy options, we're asking you to build a budget.
Imagine that you’ve found an extra $2 billion in the state budget. What would you fund with it?
Tell us not just what you support, but what you prioritize, and see how others compare. For more, read
our plans for Massachusetts.
Budget limit$2 billion
Policy menu30 items
Total requestsLoading…
On mobile: swipe right to fund, swipe left to skip. You can also use the buttons below.
You have hit your $2B limit. You can keep considering new items, but funding one may require removing something you already chose.
Over budget
Make room for this item
Remove funded items
Select enough existing items to get back under $2B.
Money left
You’ve seen all the options and have money left.
Which of the options you declined would you like to include?
Swipe right to include, swipe left to skip.
Your results
How your choices compare
For every policy option, this shows the share of other players who chose to fund it.
Cost vs. popularity
Each dot is a policy option. The x-axis is cost; the y-axis is the percent of respondents who funded it.