Where answers come from.

A source is allowed when it is one of these:

• a government agency, legislature or court
• a central bank or official statistics office
• an intergovernmental body such as the IMF, World Bank, OECD or UN
• a named publisher of public records, shown with its attribution below

News articles, opinion, think tanks, advocacy groups, wikis and anonymous sites are not used. We add a source only after review, and this list changes when we do.

• FRED

  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

  Economic data such as inflation, unemployment, interest rates, gas prices and GDP.

  This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

• OpenFEC

  Federal Election Commission

  Federal candidates, their party and status, and the money their campaigns report.

• Census Geocoder

  U.S. Census Bureau

  Turning an address into its congressional district.

• congress-legislators

  The @unitedstates project (public domain)

  Current members of Congress and their terms.

• Polls

  The New York Times

  Individual published polls for Senate, House and governor races. We show each poll; we never average them.

  Poll data: The New York Times.

By using KnowCivics, you agree to the FRED® API Terms of Use. Data from each source remains subject to that source’s own terms.