Terms of Use

Effective March 24, 2026 · Last updated March 24, 2026

What The Vote (“the site”) is a free, nonpartisan civic data platform operated by Ryan C. By using the site you agree to these terms.

1. What This Site Is

What The Vote aggregates publicly available government data — bills, roll-call votes, member rosters, census figures, campaign finance records — and presents it in a searchable, readable format. Some pages include machine-learning-generated content such as topic classifications, balance scores, and bill similarity rankings.

2. What This Site Is Not

• Not legal advice. Nothing on this site constitutes legal counsel.
• Not financial advice. Fiscal analysis and spending data are informational only.
• Not electoral guidance. We do not endorse candidates or tell you how to vote.
• Not an official government source. We link to and cite official sources, but we are an independent project. Always verify critical information at congress.gov.

3. Data Accuracy

All government-sourced data is provided as-is. We make reasonable efforts to keep data current and accurate, but we cannot guarantee completeness or timeliness. Specific limitations:

• Bill data updates multiple times daily but may lag official sources by hours
• ML-generated summaries, scores, and classifications are algorithmic approximations and may contain errors
• Census and demographic data reflects the most recent American Community Survey vintage available
• Campaign finance data is sourced from FEC filings, which are self-reported by campaigns

Our methodology page explains how all scores and classifications are computed.

4. Content License

Original content on What The Vote — including page designs, written descriptions, ML-generated analysis, and visual assets — is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to share and adapt this content for any purpose, including commercial use, provided you give appropriate credit (e.g., “Data via What The Vote, wtfvote.us”).

The underlying government data (bill text, roll-call records, census figures) is public domain under U.S. government works policy and requires no license from us.

5. Acceptable Use

You may use the site for personal, educational, journalistic, or research purposes. Please don't:

• Scrape the site at rates that degrade service for other users
• Misrepresent What The Vote content as official government data
• Use the site to harass, threaten, or target elected officials or private individuals

6. Limitation of Liability

What The Vote is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ryan C and What The Vote shall not be liable for any damages arising from your use of the site, including but not limited to decisions made based on data presented here.

7. Changes

These terms may be updated. The current version will always be available at this URL with the “last updated” date shown above.

8. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email ryancd3v@gmail.com.