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Is Nominee a good WordPress theme for a political candidate?
Nominee from TrendyTheme is one of the two biggest sellers in the political niche, with 2,468 sales and a 4.55 rating from 44 ratings. It ships eleven separate demos - candidate, city mayor, campaign, leader, political party, city government, male and female candidate variants, two landing pages and a one-page layout - which is more coverage than any rival.
Best for: candidates who want the widest choice of ready-made campaign layouts and can accept a slower release cadence
The Nominee WordPress theme from TrendyTheme offers more ready-made campaign layouts than anything else in this niche. Moreover, 2,468 sales and 44 ratings put it among the two biggest sellers in the political category.
Eleven demos, not eleven colour schemes
Nominee ships candidate, city mayor, campaign, leader, political party and city government demos, plus male and female candidate variants, two landing pages and a one-page layout. Furthermore, these are genuinely different structures rather than restyled copies. Therefore a mayoral race and a national party site both start from something close to the finished shape. In addition, the separate male and female candidate demos save the photo-swapping work that most themes leave to you.
Volunteers, events and donations
The theme includes dedicated volunteer and donate page templates alongside Events Calendar integration. Moreover, WooCommerce support handles campaign merchandise, and WPML covers bilingual districts. Consequently the practical machinery of a campaign is in place before you write any content. However, donations here are page templates rather than a managed system – for recurring gifts and donor records you would still add a plugin.
The maintenance question
TrendyTheme last shipped a Nominee release on 6 October 2024. Consequently it is the oldest release among the themes we kept in this collection. That is not abandonment, and a 4.55 average across 44 ratings suggests buyers are satisfied. However, in a niche where Progress, Veto and Campaigner all shipped in mid-2026, the gap is worth weighing.
WPBakery, not Elementor
Nominee is built on WPBakery Page Builder. Therefore volunteers used to Elementor will find the editing experience unfamiliar, and layouts built here do not travel to an Elementor theme later. In addition, the ThemeForest preview points at an intro chooser at trendytheme.net rather than a working demo – the real layouts sit one level down under /nominee/.
Key features:
- Eleven demos including mayor, party and city government
- Separate male and female candidate layouts
- Volunteer and donate page templates
- Events Calendar, WPML and WooCommerce support
- 2,468 sales and a 4.55 rating from 44 ratings
- $59, last updated 6 October 2024
Our verdict on the Nominee WordPress theme
Want the widest choice of campaign layouts on ThemeForest? The Nominee WordPress theme ships eleven of them. Open the Free Theme Demo and compare the mayor and candidate layouts!
Finally, TrendyTheme last updated it on 6 October 2024 over on ThemeForest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the October 2024 update a problem?
It is the oldest release among the themes we kept. Nominee still runs, and 44 ratings behind a 4.55 average is reassuring, but Progress, Veto and Campaigner all shipped updates in mid-2026. Weigh breadth against currency.
Does Nominee use Elementor?
No, it uses WPBakery Page Builder. That matters if your volunteers already know Elementor, and it means layouts built in Nominee will not move to an Elementor theme later.
Where is the real Nominee demo?
TrendyTheme sends the preview to an intro page at trendytheme.net/demo2/wp/nominee-intro/. The working demos sit under /nominee/ and /nominee-sites/ – candidate-home, city-mayor-home, campaign-homepage and the rest.
Can Nominee run a city government site?
One of the eleven demos is city government, so yes. For a council as the primary use case, CityGov or TownPress in our government collection are purpose-built and better maintained.
Does Nominee handle donations properly?
It provides donate page templates rather than a donation management system. For recurring gifts, receipts and donor records, pair it with GiveWP or pick Veto, which uses Give by default.
Nominee or Candidate?
Candidate has slightly more sales and a May 2026 update; Nominee has far more demos and a higher rating. Candidate is the safer maintenance bet, Nominee the better starting point if one of its eleven layouts fits your brief.
This theme belongs to the WordPress Collections of:
- Best WordPress Political Themes
- Best NonProfit WordPress Themes
- Best WordPress Visual Composer Themes
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What we like
- 2,468 sales and a 4.55 rating from 44 ratings - one of the largest samples in this niche
- Eleven demos, from candidate landing page to city government
- Separate male and female candidate demos, which is unusual
- WPML, Events Calendar and WooCommerce support
- Dedicated volunteer and donate page templates
- One-page layout included alongside the multi-page demos
Worth noting
- Last update 6 October 2024 - the oldest release of any theme we kept
- WPBakery rather than Elementor, which dates the editing experience
- No Drupal-style donation management; donations are page templates only
- TrendyTheme routes the ThemeForest preview through an intro chooser
