Recommendations data for U.S. elections

Who recommends what, on every ballot in the country

BallotData tracks how parties, unions, newspapers, advocacy groups and officials recommend voting on each candidate race and ballot measure, from Congress down to the school board, in all 50 states and DC. New recommendations generally publish within the hour, and you get them in the format you choose.

What we have now

30,000+
recommendations
500+
endorsers
30,000+
contests and measures
51
states

See the coverage map

Why BallotData

  1. The only national sourceNo one else collects recommendations for every contest and measure across the country in one dataset, with the same columns in every state.
  2. Pay only for what you needOne contest, one state or the whole country, at prices printed on this site. No quotes, no seat licenses, no minimums.
  3. Delivered your wayEmail, CSV or JSON files, a live stream, a PostgreSQL dump, or a postback to your server. Need a different format? Just ask.
  4. Updated within the hourEvery price includes daily updates, and most new recommendations reach you within an hour of publishing.

Recommendations

Yearly subscriptions. Every one includes daily updates in the format you choose.

Building an app? Add the Ballot API for a state or the whole country.

Publish recommendations?

If your organization publishes a slate or voter guide, send us the link and we’ll add it. It’s free, and your picks reach voters through endorsedby.org.