Civic boundaries and geography
U.S. Census Bureau Geocoding Services and TIGERweb
Census geocoding and TIGERweb geography layers help identify and draw supported federal, state, county, municipal, legislative, school, and voting boundaries.
Data transparency
Where Democralink's civic information comes from
Democralink brings together established public and commercial data sources, then connects their records to the civic geography a visitor or member chooses to explore.
Sources stay visible
Detailed views identify the provider and retrieval context whenever that information is available.
Coverage can vary
A provider may not cover every place, office, election, candidate, or moment in time. Missing data does not mean the civic activity does not exist.
Member content is distinct
Posts, comments, groups, chats, and events are created by Democralink members rather than the civic-data providers listed below.
Civic Data Providers
Maps and address matching
Microsoft Azure Maps and TomTom
Azure Maps supplies address search, reverse geocoding, place information, and basemap tiles used by interactive Democralink maps.
Landing map samples
USGS The National Map
Static public map imagery provides geographic context for the sample civic maps shown before a visitor supplies a location.
Federal representation
Congress.gov, Library of Congress
Official congressional records provide federal legislator identity, office, term, party, contact, and source information when available.
State representation
Open States by Plural
Open States contributes state legislative and statewide office information that Democralink caches and associates with supported state boundaries.
Available election information
Google Civic Information API
When the provider supports an election and location, its responses may include contests, candidates, polling locations, early-vote sites, and election administration details.
Provider records can change after Democralink retrieves them. Use linked official resources to confirm time-sensitive details, especially election dates, polling locations, deadlines, and officeholder information.