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See beyond the name
on the ballot.
Political Lens helps voters understand who is on their ballot, what each office does, what candidates say they plan to do, and which races connect to the issues that matter most — without endorsements or partisan spin.
- No endorsements
- No rankings
- Party affiliation optional
- Donation links go to official campaign pages only
For voters
How Political Lens helps voters
Five things you can do here, all in plain language and the same way for every candidate.
Understand what each office does
Plain-language explainers for school board, county commissioner, judges, and more.
Office explainers
Compare candidates side by side
Same questions, same fields, no editorial slant — just the facts each campaign chose to share.
Browse races
Filter by issues you care about
Choose up to three issues. Party affiliation stays hidden by default.
Open Issue Lens
Save or print a voter research guide
Tap candidates, print a clean low-ink sheet, and bring it to the voting center.
Saved guide
Issue Lens
Filter by what matters, not by party.
For each issue, Political Lens shows which offices can influence it, what candidates say they plan to do, and whether the office has direct, shared, indirect, limited, or no clear authority.
Property taxes
Which local offices set, share, or only indirectly influence property tax rates — and what each candidate says they plan to do about them.
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Public safety
How city, county, and judicial offices share authority over policing, courts, and emergency services in your community.
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Education
Which offices have direct authority over schools and curriculum, and which only influence funding or appoint board members.
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Roads & infrastructure
What city, county, and regional offices can fix or fund streets, transit, and utilities — and what candidates plan to prioritize.
DirectSharedIndirectLimitedNo clear
Government spending
Which offices write, approve, or audit the budget — so you can see whose decisions actually move local dollars.
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For candidates
Make sure voters see your campaign accurately.
Claim your profile, add official links, answer the same voter questions as everyone else, and help voters understand your campaign. Every submission is reviewed by our editors before it goes live — so what voters see is accurate and consistent across the race.
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How government actually works.
A growing education hub with simple, neutral explanations of how government works — branches and checks, what each office can and can't decide, how laws and amendments are made, how local taxes are set, and where authority actually lives in your community.
- Branches of government
- What each office decides
- How laws are made
- Amendments & ballot measures
- How local taxes work
- Where authority lives