About
What Scope is
Scope is a free voter-information tool. You answer a short set of questions about issues, and Scope shows which members of Congress are closest to you and furthest from you, using how they have voted and what they have said on the record. Every data point links to its public source.
What Scope is not
- It is not affiliated with any political party, campaign, candidate, government agency or news organization.
- It does not endorse anyone and never tells you how to vote.
- It does not take donations for or against any candidate, run political ads, or collect money for campaigns.
- It is not an official ballot. For your registration, polling place and ballot, use vote.gov or your state election office.
Where the information comes from
Public records only: roll-call votes and bills from Congress.gov, campaign finance filings from the Federal Election Commission, congressional portraits and biographies from public-domain government data, district lookups from the U.S. Census Bureau, and, where a state has published it, official ballots through the Google Civic Information service. For governor candidates, only what they say on their own campaign websites. The methodology page explains how positions and matches are calculated and what the limits are.
Your privacy
You do not need an account. Your answers stay in your browser unless you choose to save them or share a link. The street address you type to see your ballot is used for that lookup only and is never stored. The site shows no advertising and does not use advertising or cross-site tracking. What is recorded, in plain words, is on the methodology page.
Who runs it, and how to reach us
Scope is an independent project built and run by Edin. Questions, corrections and reports of mistakes are welcome at hello@scopevote.com. If you work in IT and need to approve this site on a work network, see For IT departments.