POLIRATR™ transforms publicly available congressional data into clear, actionable civic intelligence. Every feature is built on official government sources — no editorial input, no opinion, no bias.
Your Civic Dashboard
Enter your zip code and Poliratr builds a personalized dashboard for your congressional district.
The MyPoliratr tab is your home screen. It shows:
Voter Registration Status — Check or confirm your registration with links to your state's official voter portal
Upcoming Elections — Primary dates, registration deadlines, and general election countdowns specific to your state
Your Representatives — Both U.S. Senators and your House member, with contact buttons (call, email, website)
Local Activity — Bills introduced by your state's delegation with real-time pipeline status (Introduced → Committee → Advancing → Voted → Signed)
PoliScore™ Preview — At-a-glance grades for your representatives
State Congressional Performance — How your state's entire delegation ranks nationally
Quick Links — Find your polling place, request a mail ballot, view your sample ballot, and more
Your district is automatically resolved from your zip code using U.S. Census geocoding for accurate representation.
PoliScore™
A proprietary 5-dimension grading system that evaluates legislators on process and performance — not ideology, party loyalty, or policy positions.
Every member of Congress receives a composite letter grade based on five peer-normalized dimensions:
EngagementVoting attendance, amendment activity, and committee participation
EffectivenessBills introduced and advanced through the legislative process
BipartisanshipCross-party cosponsorship and collaborative legislating
Fiscal TransparencyCampaign finance patterns, small-donor percentage, and PAC dependency
AccountabilityMissed vote rate and financial disclosure completeness
How grading works: Each dimension is normalized against a peer group of legislators with the same chamber, party status, and seniority level. This means a freshman House member is compared to other freshmen, not 30-year Senate veterans. The composite score is a weighted average of all five dimensions, converted to a letter grade:
Each member profile displays a radar chart, individual dimension bars with percentile scores, and a "Limited Data" badge when a member's record is incomplete (e.g., newly sworn-in members).
Key principle: A high PoliScore means active, effective participation in the legislative process — regardless of political views. We measure how well they do the job, not what they believe.
PoliStance™
Automatically derived policy positions based entirely on voting patterns — zero editorial input.
PoliStance analyzes a legislator's career-wide roll-call votes across policy domains (Defense, Healthcare, Taxes, Education, Immigration, Environment, and more) to identify consistent patterns:
Consistently Supported — Issues where the member votes "yes" more than 60% of the time
Consistently Opposed — Issues where the member votes "no" more than 60% of the time
Each stance shows a consistency percentage and the number of votes analyzed. A 75%+ consistency rate is labeled "Strong." Stances build over time as more votes are recorded — new members may show a "Building..." state until sufficient data accumulates.
No human assigns these labels. They are computed directly from the public voting record.
State Congressional Performance
See how your state's entire congressional delegation ranks against all 50 states.
The State Performance card on your MyPoliratr dashboard shows:
Side-by-side Senate and House grades for your state
Average composite score across all delegation members
National ranking (e.g., "12th of 50")
Expandable dimension breakdown bars (same 5 dimensions as PoliScore)
Full member roster for each chamber with individual grades
Rankings include U.S. territories and non-voting delegates where applicable, noted with an asterisk.
Congressional Activity Feed
A chronological record of legislative activity organized by year and month.
The Activity tab provides a structured feed of the current Congress, including:
Bills — Introduction, committee referral, advancement, and signing
Votes — Roll-call results with full tallies (Yea / Nay / Not Voting)
Committee Actions — Referrals and committee-level decisions
A visual bill pipeline shows how many bills sit at each stage: Introduced → Committee → Advancing → Voted → Signed. Each feed entry links to its official source and the member profile of the bill's sponsor.
Officials Directory
Browse and search all 535+ members of Congress.
The Officials tab provides a searchable directory with:
Filter by chamber (Senate / House), party, and state
Sort by first name or last name
Search by name, state, district, or zip code
Full member profiles with voting records, sponsored bills, cosponsored legislation, campaign finance, PoliScore, and PoliStance
Tapping any member opens their full profile with a card-based layout covering every dimension of their congressional record.
Our Data Sources
Every data point in Poliratr is sourced from official U.S. government databases.
We pull from:
Congress.gov APIFEC.gov APIHouse Clerk XMLBioGuide.Congress.govU.S. Census GeocoderVote.gov
Congress.gov — Member profiles, bill details, voting records, committee assignments, and legislative history
FEC.gov — Campaign finance data including total receipts, disbursements, and donor patterns
House Clerk XML — Detailed roll-call vote tallies and bill linkage for House votes
BioGuide — Official member photos and biographical information
Census Geocoder — Accurate zip code to congressional district resolution
Vote.gov & State Portals — Voter registration, polling places, and election calendar links
Data is refreshed regularly through an automated pipeline. We never modify, editorialize, or selectively present source data.
Privacy & Security
Your political interests are yours alone.
Your zip code is stored on-device as a preference — never transmitted as location data
We do not track which politicians, bills, or votes you view
Optional biometric unlock (Face ID / fingerprint) for additional security
Authentication via Supabase Auth with encrypted sessions
Notifications are off by default — we respect your attention
No ads. No behavioral tracking. No data selling. Ever.