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KNOW WHO YOU'RE REALLY VOTING FOR YOUR VOTE. YOUR VALUES. BUILD YOUR TEAM.

PolitiDex is a free, nonpartisan scorecard for everyone on your ballot. Look up any politician, see their real record, promises kept, and who funds them — then build a personal voting team of the people who actually share your values.

Most of us vote by party or gut feeling because checking the receipts takes hours. PolitiDex does that homework for you — so your vote goes to people who earn it, not just the letter after their name.

🧭 Let your values be your True North

Don't judge them by their party. Judge them by your values.

Tell PolitiDex the positions you actually believe in — that's your True North. Every politician then gets a personal Your Match %: a clear, sourced read of how their record lines up with yours, red or blue. A team built on your compass beats one built on a party label.

Free · Nonpartisan · Takes about a minute

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BUILD YOUR VOTING TEAM

Build your personal voting team based on your real districts and values — not party lines. See who actually represents you and build the team you want to vote for.

🗳️ The Main Event · Build Your Team

BUILD YOUR VOTING TEAM

This is the heart of PolitiDex. Your ballot has more than one seat — U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, your statehouse, and local offices. PolitiDex helps you fill each one with the candidate who actually shares your values and follows through — then saves your team so it's ready on election day.

🥱 The usual way
“Which party am I?”

Vote the whole ticket by the letter next to each name — and hope they earn it.

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✅ The PolitiDex way
“Who actually earns my vote?”

Judge each candidate on record and values, one office at a time. No party required.

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Your path to a finished ballot

Three quick steps — it begins the moment you set your location.

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Set your location

Tell us where you vote and we'll pull your real ballot — the exact races you'll decide.

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See your districts

Your U.S. House, State Senate & State House seats — and exactly who represents you in each.

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Build your team

Add the person who earns each seat. Your slate saves automatically for election day.

🔒 Free & non-partisan. No sign-up needed — your team saves right here on this device.
YOUR VOTING LOCATION
Your Area

Set Your Location to see your representatives

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Mark your calendar · 2026

ELECTION COUNTDOWN

Always confirm the dates that apply to you at vote.org.

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Know Your Offices

What every seat on your ballot actually does

Optional · tap to expand a plain-English guide to each office

Before you fill your team, know what you're voting for. Your ballot isn't just names — it's a stack of offices, each with different powers over your life. Tap any office below for a plain-English explainer: what it does, its term, and why your vote for it matters. The same explainers open from the “ⓘ Learn more” links on your Power Map.

★ Build & Finalize Your Slate

MY VOTING TEAM 0/6

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Your personal slate — the people who will actually make the decisions that affect you. Fill every seat with whoever earns it on record and values, not the letter after their name.

📍 Set Your Location to see your representatives — to personalize your slate.

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Your 6 ballot slots — one pick per office. Add candidates from the sections below; they land here.
Focused Tool · One Race at a Time

See Who's Running in My Races

Pick one of your races and see just the two things that matter for that seat — who holds it now, and who's running for it in 2026. No past presidents, no wider context.

Research candidates here, then build & manage your full team above in My Voting Team.
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② Research Tool · Compare & Quick-Add

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📍 Set your location to see your representatives.

Your filtered list of candidates for your specific districts. Each office below is one seat: open a race, weigh who truly shares your values — and actually follows through — then quick-add your pick. No rush: take it one race at a time.

🏛️ One pick per office ✅ Judged on record & values 🤝 Rewards follow-through 👇 One race at a time
① Your Districts = quick overview ② Relevant to Me = research & compare (you're here) ★ My Voting Team = build & finalize your slate (above)

Looking for someone outside your districts? All Politicians is the complete, unfiltered database.

Done researching? Go build & finalize your full team Every candidate you add lands in My Voting Team up top — head back to fill any open seats and review your complete 2026 slate.
Targeted Research · Your Ballot

Evidence for My Vote

Personal, relevant evidence tied to the politicians on your ballot and in your My Voting Team — the promises, money and receipts that actually shape your vote, gathered in one calm place.

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Hot Topics · Live from the Community

SPOTLIGHT HOT TOPICS

Real claims submitted, debated, and voted on by the community — see what America is talking about right now.

This Cycle in Utah
🏭 Energy · Growth

Data Centers vs. the Grid

A surge of new AI data centers is straining Utah's power supply and water — and raising questions about who pays for it. See where your candidates stand before you vote.

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🏔️ Public Lands · Water

Public Lands Showdown

From federal land transfers to a shrinking Great Salt Lake, the fight over Utah's land and water is on the ballot. Know who's protecting it and who isn't.

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🗳️ 2026 Election

Your 2026 Ballot

Governor, Congress, and the Legislature are all up this November. Build your voting team now and walk into the booth knowing exactly who's earned your vote.

The Full Collection

Explore Every Issue Spotlight

Neutral, sourced deep-dives on the fights shaping 2026 — national and local. Filter by scope or topic, or search to jump straight to one.

No spotlights match that filter yet. Try a broader topic or clear the search.
The Complete Archive

Digital Library

Every receipt, spotlight, stance, bill, reform and government contract PolitiDex tracks — gathered into one searchable archive. Search across everything at once, or open a collection to dig in.

Collections

Jump into any part of the record

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★ Community Submitted · A Citizen Voice ★

Community Evidence Exchange

A space for the community to surface evidence, topics, and issues that may have been missed. Post a lead, discuss it, and let quality reactions push the strongest ones to the top.

📌 This is a separate discussion layer. Posts here are not part of the curated Evidence Locker and are clearly marked “Community Submitted.” The strongest, best-sourced posts can be suggested for review and manually promoted by a moderator.

🗣 Looking to just talk it out? The Open Discussion board is the free-conversation track — post anything, vote, and reply, with no verification bar. This Exchange is the verified track; the Open board is the open one, and the two never mix.

💬 Open Discussion · Unverified · Free Speech Zone

Community Forum

A low-friction place to talk politics, stances, reforms, and whatever's on your mind. No approval needed — post, vote, and reply. The community decides what rises.

🗣 You're on the Open track. Conversation here is not verified and never enters the Evidence Locker. Think of it as the town square.
🔎 Got something verifiable? The Community Evidence Exchange is the verified track — evidence there can be triaged, reviewed, and graduated into the curated record.

🤝 House rules: keep it civil — no personal attacks, no spam, no hate. Play the ball, not the person. Anything crossing that line can be flagged and removed.

The Digital Library · Utah & Federal · 2026

EVIDENCE LOCKER

PolitiDex’s Digital Library of the public record

The receipts, in one place. Every recorded floor & committee video, X post, Facebook post and bill record PolitiDex has gathered — Utah’s sitting legislators first, now expanding to federal officials and 2026 candidates — browse the whole library, filter by issue, member or evidence type, and go straight to the source.

🎚 How the Strong / Moderate / Limited badges are scored →

Categories group evidence into broad topics — explore by subject area, then narrow with a specific issue.

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MY PROFILE

Everything you've built in one place: what you stand for, your voting team, your civic footprint, the receipts tied to the officials you follow — and the first look at the money that follows them.

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🎯 What you stand for

MY STANCES

This is what you stand for — take a Support, Oppose or Mixed position on the issues you care about, using the same issue vocabulary PolitiDex uses for every politician. It's step one of a loop: your stances power the Alignment Tool, which shows who matches what you stand for — and whether their record backs it up. Set them here, then see your matches and build your team. Private by default, yours to control.

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⚖️ One issue at a time

ISSUE COMPARISON

Zoom the Alignment Tool in on one issue at a time. Pick an issue you care about — ideally one you've taken a stance on — and see who lines up: each politician's stated position next to their ⚖️ Say-vs-Do record, so you can tell the difference between what they say and what they do.

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🔗 Connect the dots

STANCE LIBRARY

Browse PolitiDex by issue instead of by politician. Pick a topic to see who stands where, the sourced evidence behind each position, and the community discussion — nonpartisan, and always tied back to the receipts.

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The central hub for all politician profiles and promise % tracking. Tracked and verified on public record. How Promise % works →

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MY 2026 VOTING TEAM
Your personal slate — saved automatically between visits
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A quick-reference & share view of the slate you build above.
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Your Team Summary
Choose the candidates who match your values in the Voter Hub above. Your team is saved automatically and gathered here as a quick reference panel.
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Saved Teams
Save your slate under a name and come back to it anytime — or keep several side by side.
✏️ You’re editing your saved team — your changes aren’t kept until you update it.
No stances set yet Set your stances — what you stand for — and this shows who matches, plus whether their record backs it up. Add your best matches to your team.

Stances → matches → team. ① Set the positions you actually believe in below — these are your stances (also saved in My Stances). ② Every politician instantly gets a 🎯 Your Match % (how their stated positions fit yours) paired with ⚖️ Say-vs-Do (whether their voting record backs those positions up). ③ Compare the candidates in your district and add your strongest matches to your team. Change your stances anytime.
🌱 New or 2026 candidate? Even without a long voting record, your match is built from their stated positions — and each candidate’s profile tells you exactly how much of the score rests on a documented record versus an early read, so you always know what you’re looking at.

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📍 Coverage shows how many politicians have a documented, sourced position on each issue — higher means more candidates you can match against. Issues without it still score from each candidate's broader record.

🔍No issues match that searchTry a broader word like taxes, climate, or guns — or .

💾 Save these positions as your personal Alignment Signature — sign in and your picks follow you across devices, so your personalized matches and top races load automatically every time.
How it works Discover → Compare → Build your team
1 Discover Find the people on your ballot Search or filter the list below by office, state, party or score to see who represents — or wants to represent — you.
2 Compare Put 2–4 side by side Tap ⚖️ Compare on any cards, then open the table to weigh records, promises and policy positions head-to-head. Comparing the candidates for one seat side-by-side is the fastest way to decide that race.
3 Decide Add your pick to your team Right inside the comparison, hit ⭐ Add to Team to claim that seat on your saved 2026 ballot.

💡 Reading the scores together: Promise Score & Accountability show whether they keep their word; the 🎯 Alignment Tool shows whether they keep it on your issues. Strong on both is your best match.

Not sure where to start? This is everyone — or switch to Relevant To Me to see just the races on your ballot. Open any office to compare the field side by side, then tap ⭐ Add to My Team on your pick — it fills that seat in My Voting Team above.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY LEADERBOARD

Top politicians ranked by net-worth growth and donor concentration. Transparency is accountability.

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🤖 AI-Assisted Database Expansion

DATABASE EXPANSION

Grow our transparent, non-partisan database. Leverage AI to discover missing legislators and 2026 candidates, and verify their profiles with one-click imports.

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Total Database Size

Politicians currently tracked across the entire PolitiDex platform.

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Utah Database Coverage

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Verified Utah officials and 2026 candidates tracked, against our target roster of federal, statewide, legislative, and county seats.

Live Utah records are counted from Firestore.

Expansion Coverage by Category

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How to read these: Federal, statewide, and legislative targets are Utah's actual seat counts (4 U.S. House + 2 Senate, 5 statewide offices, 29 Senate and 75 House districts). Local & county and 2026 candidate targets are working estimates — there's no single official roster for them — so those bars show momentum toward a goal we keep expanding, not a finished count.

Bulk Import Mode

For adding many politicians quickly — search, multi-select, and import to the database in one batch.

🛠 Admin Tool

Expansion Criteria

Select the legislative level or campaign cycle you want to expand, and configure parameters for AI search.

★ Best Results

Describe exactly who you want and the AI casts a wider net. The more specific the request, the bigger and better the batch it returns.

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Paste a list from anywhere — one politician per line. Plain names work, or use a structured row: Name | District | Office | County | Party

Names & pipe-separated rows both supported

Suggested Discoveries

Results from an AI search or your pasted list appear here, each tagged ✦ New or ⚠ Potential Duplicate. New picks are pre-selected — multi-select and import a whole batch, or toggle on duplicates to review and re-import them too.

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Ready for Discovery Scan

Select a targeted level on the left and trigger the search. Our AI model will scour current campaign filings, official registries, and legislative transcripts to identify viable candidates missing from PolitiDex.

★ The People's Direct Voice · Live Voting ★

THE PEOPLE'S MANDATE

✦ Forging Tomorrow ✦
Where Citizens Lead Ideas Become Policy The Future Is Ours

This is We the People at our most powerful — shaping the laws that govern our lives. Right here, right now, your voice becomes action. Submit bold ideas, rally your neighbors' votes, and forge the reforms that define America's next chapter — term limits, campaign finance overhaul, protecting our freedoms, and every cause that matters to you. This isn't a suggestion box. This is the launchpad for real change.

✦ Add your voice and help shape the agenda ✦
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Term Limits #1

Term Limits for Congress

3 terms max for House (6 yrs). 2 terms max for Senate (12 yrs). End the career politician class. Both parties have blocked this for decades.

CongressBipartisanConstitutional Immediate · High demand
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Anti-Corruption #2

Ban Congressional Stock Trading

Ban members of Congress and their families from trading individual stocks while in office. Mandatory blind trusts. End insider trading by the people who write the rules.

EthicsBipartisanTransparency Immediate · High demand
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Campaign Finance #3

Campaign Finance Reform

Hard donation caps on all political contributions. Full PAC transparency. End dark money. Politicians should answer to voters — not to whoever writes the biggest check.

Dark MoneyElectionsTransparency Immediate · High demand
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Fiscal Reform #4

Balanced Budget Amendment

Require Congress to pass a balanced budget every year by constitutional mandate. Emergency exceptions require a 2/3 supermajority. Stop spending money we don't have.

Federal DebtConstitutionalTaxpayers Short-term · High demand
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Monetary Policy #5

Full Audit of the Federal Reserve

Complete, independent audit of the Fed's operations, assets, and decisions. They control the money supply for 330M Americans with almost zero public transparency.

Federal ReserveTransparencyFiscal Short-term · High demand
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Legislative Reform #6

Post Bills 72 Hrs Before Any Vote

Require every bill to be publicly posted online for at least 72 hours before any congressional vote. No more "we have to pass it to find out what's in it." Read it first.

TransparencyProcessCongress Immediate · High demand
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Legislative Reform #7

Ban Omnibus Spending Bills

Require every spending bill to be voted on individually. No more 4,000-page omnibus packages jammed with hidden pork nobody read. One bill, one subject, one vote.

SpendingAccountabilityCongress Immediate · High demand
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Veterans #8

Mandatory Funding Floor for VA Healthcare

Require Congress to fund VA healthcare at a minimum of 1.2% of GDP each year. No more veterans waiting 6+ months for mental health care or prosthetics. Non-negotiable baseline.

VeteransHealthcareMandatory Immediate · High demand
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Rural Development #9

Universal Rural Broadband Access by 2027

Every American household — rural or urban — deserves reliable broadband by 2027. Require ISPs receiving federal subsidies to hit actual coverage benchmarks or return the money.

RuralInfrastructureSmall Businesses Short-term · Medium demand
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Education #10

Federal Education Savings Accounts

Redirect federal K-12 funding to follow the student, not the system. Parents choose public, charter, private, or homeschool. ESAs funded at $8,000 per child annually.

EducationParentsChoice Short-term · High demand
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Regulatory Reform #11

Automatic Sunset on All New Regulations

Every new federal regulation expires in 10 years unless Congress affirmatively renews it. No more rules that outlive their purpose by decades. Agencies must justify every rule's continued existence.

DeregulationSmall BusinessesAccountability Long-term · Medium demand
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Environmental #12

Protect Western Water Compact Rights

Federal law must respect existing state water compacts. No federal agency can reallocate Colorado River or Great Basin water without state legislative consent and full public environmental review.

Water RightsWestern StatesRural Short-term · High demand
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Transparency #13

End No-Bid Federal Contracts Over $1M

Any federal contract over $1 million must be competitively bid and posted publicly for 30 days. Sole-source exceptions require written Secretary-level justification published in the Federal Register.

Government WasteTransparencyTaxpayers Short-term · High demand
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Healthcare #14

Enforce Hospital Price Transparency

Hospitals already required to post prices under 2021 law — but 70% still don't comply. $3M/day fines for non-compliance. Real price transparency so patients can shop and compare before procedures.

HealthcareFamiliesTransparency Immediate · High demand
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Parental Rights #15

Federal Parental Rights in Education Act

Parents have the right to review all curriculum, opt children out of any instruction conflicting with family values, and access school mental health records. No federal funding for schools that violate this.

ParentsEducationFamilies Short-term · High demand
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Fiscal Reform #16

Line-Item Veto for the President

Give the President authority to strike individual spending items from appropriations bills without vetoing the entire package. 44 states already give governors this power. End the all-or-nothing budget hostage game.

SpendingExecutive PowerBudget Reform Short-term · High demand
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Transparency #17

Full Audit of All U.S. Foreign Aid

Complete independent audit of every dollar in foreign aid — who receives it, what it funds, and what results were achieved. Not one more dollar without a full accounting.

Foreign AidTransparencyTaxpayers Immediate · High demand
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Education #18

Mandatory Civics & Constitution Test for High School Graduation

Require every American high school student to pass a basic civics and Constitutional literacy exam before graduation. Same test given to naturalized citizens. If immigrants must pass it, so should our graduates.

EducationCivicsBipartisan Short-term · High demand
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Campaign Finance #19

Abolish Super PACs Completely

End the Supreme Court's Citizens United era by constitutional amendment. No more unlimited anonymous corporate money in elections. Politicians should answer to voters — not to billionaire-funded shadow campaigns.

Dark MoneyElectionsConstitutional Long-term · High demand
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Criminal Justice #20

Decriminalize Personal Drug Possession Nationwide

Possession of small amounts of any drug for personal use should be a civil fine, not a criminal offense. Redirect savings from prosecution and incarceration to addiction treatment. Evidence from Portugal and Oregon shows it works.

Criminal JusticeDrug PolicyBipartisan Short-term · Medium demand
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Transparency #21

5-Year Cooling-Off Period for Former Elected Officials

No former Senator, Representative, or senior Executive Branch official may register as a federal lobbyist for five years after leaving office. Quadruple the current 2-year ban. The revolving door corrupts democracy.

LobbyingAnti-CorruptionBipartisan Immediate · High demand
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Fiscal Reform #22

Full Department of Defense Financial Audit

The Pentagon has NEVER passed a full financial audit in its history. $858B annual budget. Six consecutive audit failures (2018-2023). This is not a partisan issue — it's basic accountability. Freeze DoD budget increases until it passes.

MilitaryFiscalAccountability Immediate · High demand
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Environmental Protection #23

Honor All Existing Federal Tribal Land Treaties

The United States has violated over 500 treaties with Native American tribes. Full treaty enforcement — water rights, hunting rights, and sovereign land guarantees — with compensation for documented violations. No new extraction on sacred lands without tribal consent.

Indigenous RightsEnvironmentalBipartisan Short-term · High demand

Your Voice Matters

Have a policy reform We the People need? Submit it and let the community vote it into action.

★ Live From The People ★

THE PEOPLE'S PROPOSALS

Ideas straight from citizens like you. Back the reforms you believe in — every tap of support pushes them up the board. Your voice becomes action.

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★ Ranked by community upvotes · Your ideas shape America's future · New ideas reviewed within 48 hrs ★

Financial Accountability

📈 WEALTH TRANSPARENCY LEADERBOARD

Net Worth Growth While in Office

Real leaders serve the people, not their bank accounts. Data from public financial disclosures (FEC, OpenSecrets, etc.). Not investment advice.

⚠ DISCLAIMER: Net worth change alone does not prove integrity or corruption. Gains or losses can come from legitimate business, investments, inheritance, or other factors. All data is from public disclosures (FEC, OpenSecrets, state filings). Users should review full context and sources.

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Campaign Finance Tracker

💰 FOLLOW THE MONEY

Who Funds Your Representatives?

Campaign contributions reveal who has financial access to power. Transparency lets voters decide if their representatives serve the people — or their donors.

⚠ DISCLAIMER: Campaign contributions are legal and do not imply corruption. Donations reflect supporter priorities, not guaranteed policy influence. All data is sourced from public FEC filings and OpenSecrets.org. Figures are representative totals from the most recent available election cycles. Users should verify current data at OpenSecrets.org and FEC.gov.

Industry / Corporate PAC
Individual Donors
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🎚 How the Constituents-First signal is scored

Every profile carries a 0–100 Constituents-First signal — the money-leg sibling of the Evidence Locker's strength badge. It doesn't judge anyone's politics, only where the money comes from, and it lists the plain reasons behind the number. Built from itemized public filings (FEC for federal, Utah's disclosure system for state/local), split into the buckets the FEC itself reports.

Starts at 50 — then
Small-dollar (grassroots) share of receiptsup to +50
Large-individual + PAC share (concentrated money)up to −30
Self-funded share (access by personal wealth)up to −20
Outside / "dark-money" exposure (high / moderate / low)−12 / −6 / −2
65–100 Constituents-First 45–64 Mixed Funding Below 45 Special-Interest Heavy

Party-committee transfers are treated as neutral and left out of the math. Full methodology + worked examples: FINANCE_INTEGRITY.md.

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Tools & References

🔎 DIG DEEPER

Follow the Money & Connections Yourself

Independent, nonpartisan resources for tracing campaign finance, government spending, and the relationships behind a politician's record. Start with the core tools below, then explore further.

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OpenSecrets
opensecrets.org

Nonpartisan tracker of federal campaign finance, PACs, lobbying, and dark money. The best all-round place to see who funds a candidate.

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OpenTheBooks
openthebooks.com

Tracks actual government spending — salaries, contracts, grants, and public payrolls — across federal, state, and local budgets.

Visit OpenTheBooks ↗
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LittleSis
littlesis.org

A power-mapping database that shows how officials connect to one another through boards, donors, lobbying, and business ties.

Visit LittleSis ↗
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FEC.gov
Official Federal Source

The Federal Election Commission's official site — raw, primary-source campaign finance filings straight from the government record.

Visit FEC.gov ↗
More Specialized Trackers

These are independent third-party resources, listed for convenience. PolitiDex does not control their data and is not affiliated with them. Specialized trackers cover a narrow topic — cross-check their figures against the core nonpartisan sources above.

🎓 Voter Academy · The Deep Dive

EDUCATIONAL LIBRARY

The full deep dive: learn how the system really works — then go build your team.

📚 10 Lessons 🗂️ 4 Tracks ⏱️ ~3 min each 🧭 Self-paced 🆓 Free forever
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Foundations — How Power Is Built

Start here: the machinery of American government, top to bottom.

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How the U.S. Government Works

Three branches, one system of checks & balances.

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The Founders deliberately split power so no single person or group could control everything. Government is divided into three branches, and each one can check the other two.

⚖️ Legislative

Makes the laws. Congress = the House + the Senate. It writes and passes bills, controls federal spending (the "power of the purse"), declares war, and confirms or rejects key appointments.

🏛️ Executive

Enforces the laws. The President, Vice President, Cabinet, and federal agencies. Signs or vetoes bills, runs the military, conducts foreign policy, and nominates judges & officials.

🧑‍⚖️ Judicial

Interprets the laws. The Supreme Court and lower federal courts. Decides whether laws are constitutional, settles disputes, and sets binding precedent for the future.

🗺️ Federalism

Power is split again. The federal government handles national matters; states keep everything not handed to D.C. — which is why the same issue can be legal in one state and banned in another.

🔄Checks & balances in action: Congress passes a law → the President can veto it → Congress can override that veto with a 2/3 vote → and the courts can still strike the law down if it violates the Constitution.
🎯Why this matters to you: When a candidate promises something, ask first — does that office even have the power to do it? Half of all campaign promises die on that question alone.
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What Each Office Actually Controls

Who has real power over what — from D.C. to your county.

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Knowing what a position can and can't do is how you hold the right person accountable — and how you spot a promise that office has no power to keep.

👤 President

Enforces federal law, sets foreign policy & treaties, commands the military, vetoes bills, and nominates judges. Cannot pass laws or set the budget alone.

🏛️ U.S. Senate

100 members (2 per state, 6-year terms). Confirms judges & Cabinet, ratifies treaties, and holds impeachment trials. Every state gets an equal voice.

🗳️ U.S. House

435 members (by population, 2-year terms). Originates spending & tax bills, represents local districts, and starts the impeachment process.

📨 Your Representative

Your direct line into federal lawmaking — the federal official closest to your community's day-to-day needs.

🏔 Governor

The state's chief executive. Signs or vetoes state laws, proposes the state budget, commands the National Guard, and runs state agencies (DMV, schools, roads).

🏙️ Mayor & City Council

Local power: police, zoning, parks, local roads, and city budgets — the decisions you feel most directly.

📍Reality check: Many things that shape daily life — schools, policing, zoning, local roads — are decided at the state and local level, not in Washington.
🎯Aim your energy: Frustrated about potholes or school policy? That's a city-council or governor fight — not a presidential one. Hold the right office accountable.
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How a Bill Becomes Law

From a single idea to the law of the land — step by step.

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Most bills never make it. Here's the full gauntlet a proposal has to survive to become law:

  1. Introduction. A member of Congress drafts a bill and introduces it in the House or the Senate.
  2. Committee review. A specialized committee studies it, holds hearings, amends it — or quietly lets it die.
  3. Floor debate & vote. The full chamber debates, amends, and votes. It needs a majority to move forward.
  4. The other chamber. The second chamber repeats the whole process. Both must pass identical text (differences are settled in a conference committee).
  5. The President's desk. Sign it → it's law. Veto it → it goes back. Ignore it 10 days while Congress is in session → it becomes law anyway.
  6. Override (if vetoed). Congress can still pass it over a veto with a 2/3 vote in both chambers.
  7. Law & the courts. Agencies enforce it — and courts can later rule it unconstitutional.
💡Why it matters: A politician "introducing" or "fighting for" a bill is not the same as that bill becoming law. Watch where it actually died.
📑Next up: Knowing the process is step one — Lesson 04 shows you how to crack open the bill's actual text and find what it really does.
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Decode the Documents — Read Past the Headlines

The skills to read a bill, a promise, and a news story for what they really say.

04
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New Lesson⏱️ 4 min read

How to Read a Bill

Crack open the actual text and find what it really does.

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A bill's real meaning lives in its text, not its title. A law named the "Freedom & Prosperity Act" might do neither. Here's how to read one like a staffer instead of a headline.

🔖 Bill Number

Like H.R. 1 (House) or S. 1 (Senate) — the tracking number you'll use to follow it anywhere.

✍️ Sponsors & Cosponsors

Who introduced it and who signed on. Whose names are attached tells you whose priorities it serves.

📃 Findings & Purpose

The "why" section up top — and where spin hides. Read the stated goals skeptically.

🧩 The Operative Sections

The real rules. "Shall" means mandatory; "may" means optional. Tiny words, huge difference.

💵 Appropriations

How much money, to whom, for how long. Follow the dollars to find the real intent.

📅 Effective & Sunset Dates

When it kicks in — and whether it quietly expires later.

🪤Watch for riders & "poison pills": unrelated provisions slipped into a must-pass bill so they ride through without a vote of their own.
📊Pro move: never trust the summary alone — read the CBO score for the true cost, then skim the sections that actually change the law.
05
🎭
Decode⏱️ 3 min read

Reading Promises vs Reality

Cut through the talking points and spot the spin.

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Politicians are trained to sound good. These habits help you separate what was actually done from what was merely said.

🎯 Watch the verb

"Fought for," "supported," "called for" ≠ "passed," "signed," "delivered." Vague verbs hide inaction.

🗳️ Vote, not the speech

A floor speech is free. Look at the recorded vote and the final outcome instead.

📅 Follow the timeline

Did the result happen because of them — or was it already in motion before they arrived?

🔢 Find the number

"Massive investment" is spin. "$2.1B over 5 years" is a fact you can verify.

🔗 Find the source

Real claims link to bills, budgets, or records. No source = treat it as opinion.

🥊 Beware the strawman

If they only attack "the other side," they may be dodging their own record.

Put it to work: PolitiDex tracks every claim with a transparent Promise % score and the receipts behind it — check it yourself instead of taking anyone's word.
🧾One-line test: "Did they vote for it, fund it, and sign it?" If you can't answer all three, the promise isn't kept — it's just a soundbite.
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New Lesson⏱️ 4 min read

Understanding Media Spin

Every story is framed by someone — learn to see the frame.

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News isn't just facts — it's facts chosen, ordered, and packaged. Spin isn't always lying; it's steering what you notice. Learn these moves and you can read any outlet, left or right.

🪧 Framing

Which detail leads? What's buried in paragraph 12? The order of a story is an argument.

🔥 Loaded language

"Slammed," "blasted," "regime." Emotion-words do persuasion the facts can't.

📉 Cherry-picked stats

A true number with no baseline or context can be twisted to prove almost anything.

📰 Headline ≠ story

Headlines are built to be shared; the body often quietly walks them back.

🕶️ Anonymous sources

"Sources say" can be real — or convenient. Ask who benefits from the leak.

⚖️ False balance

Giving "both sides" equal weight when the evidence isn't equal is its own bias.

🧭Outrage is the business model: content engineered to make you angry keeps you scrolling. Pause before you share.
🔗The fix: trace it to the primary source — the actual bill, study, or transcript — and read across several outlets before you decide.
III

Follow the Money — Who Really Pays

How campaigns are funded, and the warning signs that money is buying a vote.

07
💰
Follow the Money⏱️ 3 min read

Campaign Finance & Wealth Transparency

Follow the money behind the message.

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Campaigns run on money, and who funds a politician can shape who they answer to. Transparency is how voters see those ties. Know the key terms:

🏦 PAC

A Political Action Committee — raises money to support candidates within legal donation limits.

🚀 Super PAC

Can raise and spend unlimited sums independently, but can't donate directly to a candidate.

🌑 Dark Money

Funds from groups that don't have to disclose who their donors are.

🎁 Bundling

One person gathering many separate donations to amplify their influence.

🤵 Lobbying

Paid efforts to influence how legislators write and vote on laws.

📋 Disclosure

Public FEC reports showing who gave, how much, and when.

🔎Why wealth matters: Financial disclosures and net-worth tracking can reveal conflicts of interest — like voting on industries a lawmaker is personally invested in.
💡Follow the chain: donor → committee → vote. When all three line up against the public interest, you've found a story worth telling.
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New Lesson⏱️ 4 min read

Red Flags in Campaign Finance

Spot the warning signs of money buying influence.

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Money in politics is legal — but certain patterns are smoke that often signals fire. None of these prove corruption on their own. Together, they're worth a very hard look.

  • A donation right before a vote. A big check from an industry just days before a lawmaker votes on its bill.
  • Votes that match the donor, not the district. A position that helps funders but few actual constituents.
  • The revolving door. A politician or their staff who leaves office to lobby the very agency they once oversaw.
  • Last-minute dark money. Untraceable ad spending that floods in during the final weeks of a race.
  • Leadership-PAC luxury spending. "Campaign" funds spent on resorts, fine dining, and travel.
  • One mega-donor, many committees. Maxing out to a candidate, their PAC, and a Super PAC to multiply influence.
🔎Correlation isn't proof — it's a question. Cross-check the donation date against the vote date, then ask why the timing lines up.
🕵️Do it yourself: pull a politician's top donors on OpenSecrets, then compare them to their committee assignments. The overlap is where to dig.
IV

Know Your Rights — Your Power at the Ballot

The freedoms the republic guarantees you, and how to defend your vote.

09
🦅
Your Rights⏱️ 3 min read

The Constitution & Your Rights

The rulebook of the republic — and the rights it guarantees you.

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Ratified in 1788, the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It builds the three branches, divides power between the federal government and the states, and — through the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments) — guarantees individual freedoms. There are 27 amendments in all.

🗣️ 1st Amendment

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

🔫 2nd Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms.

🔍 4th Amendment

Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.

⚖️ 5th Amendment

Due process, no self-incrimination, and protection from double jeopardy.

🤝 14th Amendment

Equal protection and due process under the law for all citizens.

🗳️ 15th · 19th · 26th

Voting rights protected regardless of race, sex, and for everyone 18 and older.

🛡️Hard to change by design: Amending the Constitution takes 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of the states — so your rights can't be erased on a whim.
📜Keep it close: the whole document is a short read. Knowing what it actually says is the surest defense against anyone who tells you it says otherwise.
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🗳️
New Lesson⏱️ 4 min read

Your Rights as a Voter

Know exactly what you're entitled to at the ballot box.

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Your right to vote is protected by law — but the rules vary by state, and knowing them is how you make sure your vote actually counts.

✅ Right to register

Every eligible citizen can register. Many states now offer online or same-day registration.

🪪 ID rules vary

Some states require photo ID, others don't. Check your state's rule before election day.

🗳️ Provisional ballot

If your eligibility is questioned, you can still cast a provisional ballot that's verified later.

⏰ Time off to vote

Many states legally require employers to give you paid or unpaid time off to vote.

🤝 Right to assistance

Voters with disabilities or language needs can get help; accessible and curbside voting exist.

🚫 Freedom from intimidation

No one may threaten, harass, or block you from voting. Voter intimidation is a federal crime.

⚠️Turned away or name missing? Ask for a provisional ballot — never just leave. Then call the nonpartisan Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
📅Deadlines win elections: registration cutoffs, mail-ballot request dates, and drop-off times all vary. Confirm yours early — don't get caught out.

AN INFORMED VOTER IS AN UNSTOPPABLE ONE

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OUR METHODOLOGY

How we score politicians, where our data comes from, and why you can trust — and challenge — every number on this site. Written for regular voters, detailed enough for journalists and election officials.

Last updated: July 2026 (v1.3) Change log
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How Promise % is Calculated

The Formula
Promise % = Kept ÷ (Kept + Broken)
× 100 · Pending promises are excluded from the calculation until resolved
Example: John Curtis
31
Kept
6
Broken
3
Pending
31 ÷ (31 + 6) = 31 ÷ 37 = 83.8% → rounded to 78% (Final score incorporates editorial weighting for promise significance — see below)
Scoring Rules
1

Only verifiable public promises count. Vague statements ("I'll do better"), aspirational goals, and unofficial remarks are not scored. Every scored promise must have a source citation.

2

Pending promises are excluded until they can be evaluated as Kept or Broken. This prevents gaming the score by making many vague, unresolvable pledges.

3

Editorial significance weighting is applied for major flagship promises (like "Mexico will pay for the wall") which carry more weight than minor procedural pledges. Weightings are documented per promise in each profile.

4

Partial credit (🔵 Partial) is recorded separately for promises that were partially fulfilled — e.g., a law passed but significantly watered down from what was pledged. Partials count as 0.5 Kept.

5

Scores update in real time as new submissions are verified. A politician's score may change as pending promises resolve or new evidence surfaces about past claims.

Follow-Through Rate — the "No Record Yet" rule

A Promise % (Follow-Through Rate) is only meaningful once at least one promise has actually resolved — been counted Kept or Broken. Until then, a stored number would be misleading, so every display path treats the score as absent and shows “—” / “No record yet” instead. This matters most for 2026 candidates and brand-new officeholders: an all-pending record earns no percentage. The rule lives in _pdxHasPromiseRecord(), applied everywhere a score is rendered so it can never be gamed by making many unresolvable pledges.

Last verified Jul 2026 · Example figures reflect John Curtis's tracked promise record at the time of writing; the live score updates automatically as promises resolve.
📊 See this live in the Promise Tracker →
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Data Sources

PolitiDex pulls from a layered stack of primary and secondary sources. Every scored promise requires at least one Tier 1 or Tier 2 source citation.

Tier 1 — Primary Sources
  • Official congressional voting records (congress.gov, GovTrack)
  • State legislature and governor's office records
  • Official campaign websites and platform documents
  • C-SPAN transcripts and archived floor speeches
  • Federal Register and state gazette publications
  • FEC and campaign finance filings
Tier 2 — Verified News
  • PolitiFact Promise Tracker (cross-referenced)
  • Associated Press, Reuters, NPR
  • Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News (Utah coverage)
  • FactCheck.org and Washington Post Fact Checker
  • OpenSecrets (campaign finance analysis)
  • Ballotpedia candidate and election records
Tier 3 — Community Submissions
  • Public submissions via the Submit Evidence form
  • Must include a Tier 1 or Tier 2 source citation
  • Reviewed by editorial board before scoring
  • Community upvotes signal priority for review
Never Accepted
  • Social media posts without corroboration
  • Partisan blogs or explicitly ideological outlets
  • Anonymous tips without verifiable evidence
  • Satire, parody, or out-of-context clips
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Evidence Strength — How Every Badge Is Scored

Every item in the Evidence Locker carries a Strong · Moderate · Limited badge. The badge measures how verifiable a piece of evidence is — not whether we agree with it. It is computed live by _strength(), and every badge lists the plain-language reasons behind it, so it never reads as a black box.

The base score — starts at 0, add points
Official government record — floor video, committee video, or a bill record+2
High-quality direct interview on YouTube (see exception)+2
On-the-record statement or audio+1
Generic YouTube clip / social-media post+0
Direct source link (url)+1
Pinpoint timestamp+1
Tied to a tracked issue (issueKey)+1
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Strong
4+ points
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Moderate
2–3 points
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Limited
below 2
The YouTube interview exception

Most YouTube items are a social/video source and cap at Moderate — a clip is easy to take out of context. But a direct, on-the-record, long-form interview is often the clearest statement of where someone actually stands, so a qualifying interview is graded like a first-person record (+2). It is an explicit, author-set flag, never an automatic guess — marked only when all four hold:

  • 1.Direct — the politician personally speaks, not a clip about them.
  • 2.Attributable — verifiably the named person (confirmed live via YouTube oEmbed).
  • 3.Substantive — a genuine policy discussion, not a soundbite or ad.
  • 4.Long-form — a town hall, podcast, debate, or sit-down (≥ 8 minutes when a length is declared).
Worked examples
●●●Strong · 5 pts

A committee-hearing video (+2 official) with a direct link (+1), a timestamp to the exchange (+1), tied to a tracked issue (+1).

●●●Strong · 4 pts

A 42-minute Iowa PBS interview marked interview:{minutes:42} (+2 interview exception), direct link (+1), tied to an issue (+1). Badge reads: “In-depth direct interview (~42 min, in their own words).”

●●○Moderate · 2 pts

A short campaign clip on YouTube (+0) with a direct link (+1) and an issue tag (+1). A cut-down clip can never be promoted to Strong.

●○○Limited · 1 pt

A social-media post (+0) with a link (+1) but no timestamp and no tracked issue.

Last verified Jul 2026 · Point values and thresholds above mirror the shipped _strength() function exactly.
🎚 See real badges in the Evidence Locker →
⚖️

Verification Process

Every submission goes through a multi-step review before it affects any politician's score. Speed is never more important than accuracy.

01
Submission Received

A contributor submits evidence with the politician's name, verdict, the exact promise or claim, and a source URL. All fields are required. The submission enters a pending queue — not visible publicly until reviewed.

02
Source Verification

Our volunteer research team independently verifies the cited source, confirms the exact promise quote, and checks for context — ensuring nothing is taken out of context or mischaracterized. Turnaround: 24–72 hours.

🤖 MULTI-AI CROSS-VERIFICATION

Editorial team uses multiple leading AI models — Grok, Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, and others — for initial fact-cross-referencing and context analysis before human review. Discrepancies between models trigger escalated human review.

🔍 Grok 🔍 Claude 🔍 GPT-4o 🔍 Gemini
03
Community Voting

Verified submissions go to public community voting (👍 / 👎). High-upvote submissions are prioritized for editorial review. Community consensus helps surface the most credible and significant catches.

04
Editorial Board Decision

A 3-person editorial panel reviews the submission, the source, community votes, and the full context. They assign a final verdict (Kept / Broken / Partial / Pending) and significance weight. Majority vote rules; dissents are logged.

05
Score Update & Appeals

Approved submissions update the politician's score in real time. Politicians' staff, researchers, or community members may submit an appeal with new evidence. Appeals are reviewed within 7 days. Reversals are possible and publicly noted.

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Our Neutrality Promise

"PolitiDex holds every politician to the same standard, regardless of party, ideology, or popularity. A broken promise is a broken promise whether it comes from the left, the right, or anywhere in between."

Equal Treatment

Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents — all held to identical scoring standards. No exceptions, no favoritism.

No Advertising

PolitiDex does not accept political advertising, PAC funding, or payments from campaigns. Our scores cannot be bought.

Open to Challenge

Anyone — including politicians' own offices — can submit an appeal with new evidence. We correct errors publicly and promptly.

Transparent Scoring

Every score is built promise-by-promise with a full audit trail. Click any politician's profile to see every data point behind their number.

Nonpartisan Editorial Board

Our volunteer editors include politically diverse members — no party may hold a majority on any panel reviewing any single submission.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Editors must recuse themselves from reviewing submissions about politicians they have personal ties to. Recusals are logged and publicly visible.

✍️

Writing Standard — The Person, Not the Party

PolitiDex evaluates politicians as individuals, on their own record — not as members of a party. Every Spotlight item, promise, issue position, and summary must answer one question: “What did this person actually do, say, vote for, sponsor, or publicly support?” We never substitute what a party did for what the individual did.

✓ Do
  • “Maloy publicly promoted $45M in rural-broadband funding for her district.”
  • “Passed 14 bills in the 2025 session — among the most of any legislator.”
  • “It passed the House 58–14 and was signed by the governor.”
✕ Don't
  • “She championed funds from a law her side opposed.”
  • “Passed 14 bills — more than any other Democrat.”
  • “It passed the House 58–14 on party lines.”

We avoid partisan-grouping language — “her side,” “his allies,” “the party line,” “like most in his party.” A vote count is a fact; “on party lines” is editorializing, so we state the count. Party context appears only when a person genuinely breaks with their party's prevailing position — because that contrast is part of their own record — and even then the focus stays on the individual.

The “Why it matters” on any item explains the significance of the individual's record — consistency, candor, follow-through, rhetoric vs. reality — never party conflict. We never make a politician a proxy or “barometer” for a party, wing, or movement. Full standard: CONTENT_STYLE.md.

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How We Organize Issues

Every stance, evidence item, and Alignment pick speaks one shared vocabulary: the ISSUE_MAP. Each entry pairs a plain-language label (e.g. 💰 Cut Income & Business Taxes) with a one-line description and keyword set. Tagging a promise or a piece of evidence with an issueKey is what lights up the Stance-at-a-Glance grid, the connected-evidence chips, and the Alignment tool — no extra wiring.

For federal profiles, those keys roll up into twelve Core National Issues, ordered by 2026 salience. A politician “covers” a core issue when any documented stance or evidence is keyed to one of its component keys. The framework is additive metadata — it never changes how an individual stance is written or scored.

1. Economy & Cost of Living
2. Immigration & Border
3. Healthcare Costs & Access
4. Spending, Debt & Waste
5. Abortion / Repro. Rights
6. Gun Rights & Control
7. Climate & Energy
8. Crime & Public Safety
9. Election Integrity
10. Education & Parents
11. Civil Rights & Culture
12. Foreign Policy & Security

Source of truth: CORE_NATIONAL_ISSUES in alignment-tool.js. The Evidence Locker shows each federal profile an X/12 core issues footprint.

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Worked Example — The Data-Center Facet Family

Real records are rarely a single up-or-down opinion. Utah's data-center boom is the clearest case: a legislator can welcome the jobs and demand water and power guardrails at the same time. Rather than flatten that into one “pro” or “anti” label, we split the topic into three flat issue keys — the dc facet family — so the tension shows up as data, not as an editorial caveat.

🖥 Data Centers & AI Growth — datacenter_growth

Welcome data-center and AI investment for the jobs, tax base, and competitiveness it brings.

💧 Data Centers & Water — datacenter_water

Require proof they won't drain scarce water or the Great Salt Lake — closed-loop cooling, no ag-to-industrial water grabs.

⚡ Data Centers, Power & Ratepayers — datacenter_power

Make them bring their own clean power and pay their own way, so family utility bills and air quality don't take the hit.

The polarity rule

On the water and power keys the label states the protective position. So a card's issueStance:'support' means pro-safeguard, 'oppose' means “let them draw or burn freely,” and 'mixed' means “backs the project with conditions.” This lets one honest record read pro-growth yet water- and power-skeptical at once — exactly how many Utah officials actually stand.

Last verified Jul 2026 · The three dc facet keys are confirmed against the live ISSUE_MAP vocabulary.
🖥 See this in a real Issue Spotlight →
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Corrections & “Last Verified” Provenance

Getting it wrong and quietly leaving it is not an option. Anyone — a voter, a journalist, or a politician's own office — can flag an error, and corrections are handled in the open.

1
Anyone can appeal

Submit new evidence through the Submit Evidence form. Appeals are reviewed within 7 days.

2
Reversals are public

When a verdict changes, the change is noted rather than silently overwritten. Editorial dissents are logged.

3
Not retroactive by stealth

Major methodology changes are announced and are not applied to existing scores without review.

4
Sourced, always

A correction has to clear the same source-tier bar as the claim it replaces.

“Last verified” provenance

Every profile carries a lightweight provenance trail — when its record was last touched and how much is tracked — so a number is never presented as timeless. Records that resolve on a live check (for example, a YouTube interview's existence and attribution confirmed via YouTube's oEmbed endpoint) reflect the moment of that check. If a profile looks thin or stale, that is shown honestly rather than dressed up as complete.

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Version History

This methodology is versioned in the open. Each substantive change gets a dated row — newest first. Nothing below is applied retroactively to existing scores without review.

PolitiDex methodology version history
Version Date Changes
v1.3 Jul 2026
  • Published the Evidence Strength scoring system and its YouTube-interview exception.
  • Documented the writing standard (person-not-party), issue vocabulary, and twelve Core National Issues.
  • Added the data-center facet-family example and its polarity rule.
  • Added the “No record yet” guard, corrections policy, and last-verified provenance.
  • Added live provenance lines, cross-links to real surfaces, and an accessibility / mobile / performance pass.
v1.2 May 2026
  • Added multi-AI cross-verification step to the review pipeline.
  • Introduced partial-credit (🔵) handling in Promise % scoring.
v1.0 Launch
  • First public methodology: Promise % formula, source tiers, verification pipeline, neutrality promise.
📋 Markdown source (copy for docs)
| Version | Date     | Changes |
|---------|----------|---------|
| v1.3    | Jul 2026 | Evidence Strength system; writing standard + issue vocabulary; data-center example; provenance + cross-links; a11y/mobile/perf pass |
| v1.2    | May 2026 | Multi-AI cross-verification; partial-credit handling |
| v1.0    | Launch   | Promise % formula; source tiers; verification pipeline; neutrality promise |
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Disclaimer

Estimates

All Promise % scores are estimates based on publicly available information and editorial judgment. They are not legal findings, official government assessments, or definitive verdicts. Reasonable people may disagree on how to score any individual promise.

Accuracy

We strive for accuracy but cannot guarantee that all information is complete, up-to-date, or error-free. Political records are complex, sometimes contradictory, and subject to interpretation. If you find an error, please submit a correction via our appeals process.

Not Legal

Nothing on PolitiDex constitutes legal advice, defamation, or a formal accusation of wrongdoing. All statements about potential conflicts of interest are based on public reporting and are presented as information for civic discussion, not as established fact.

Updates

This methodology may be updated as PolitiDex grows and our processes improve. Major methodology changes will be announced publicly and will not be applied retroactively to existing scores without review.

© 2026 Colt Reber / PolitiDex · Methodology v1.3 · Updated July 2026 · politidex.fyi

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