Civic AI · Our method
Civic AI: legislative insight for every American voter.
Civic AI is artificial intelligence applied to legislation, elections, and voting records. CivicAlign uses it to summarize 200-page bills in a paragraph, compare candidates side-by-side, and surface the gap between what politicians say and how they vote. Every claim links back to its source.
What civic AI actually producesBill summary Candidate at a glance See full profile → Said vs. voted
Three surfaces, one citation chain
Below is a snapshot of what civic AI looks like in CivicAlign. Every block links back to the underlying source.
H.R. 5376 — Inflation Reduction Act
Authorizes prescription drug price negotiation for Medicare, extends ACA subsidies through 2025, and invests $369B in clean energy and climate provisions. Funded primarily by a 15% corporate minimum tax on companies earning over $1B/year.
Congress.gov →JE
Joni Ernst
Republican · U.S. Senate · Iowa
Senator focused on military readiness, agricultural policy, and government waste reduction.
VotedYES on a budget cutting Medicare 5%H.R. 1234
Inconsistent. Public statement contradicts the recorded floor vote.
Methodology
How civic AI works at CivicAlign
- 01
Read
Every bill on Congress.gov, every roll-call vote, every public statement is ingested daily. The AI chunks long documents so the output reflects the actual statutory language, not just the title.
- 02
Compare
Positions are normalized across candidates by topic. Voting records are matched to public statements. Trust scores reward citable evidence and penalize uncited inference.
- 03
Cite
Every claim in CivicAlign carries the source URL it was derived from — the bill number, the statement link, the FEC report. If a piece is uncited, the UI says so out loud.
Civic AI doesn't replace human judgment — it does the reading. It turns 200-page bills into a paragraph and tells you exactly where the paragraph came from.
Where the data comes from
Four official sources, one analysis layer
Congress.gov
Full bill text, sponsors, recent actions, policy areas.
Used for bill summarization & sponsor lookupsHouse & Senate roll calls
Every recorded vote, captured from the official clerk records.
Used for voting-record analysis & Said-vs-VotedFEC bulk financials
Official campaign-finance totals, refreshed nightly nationwide.
Used for finance contrast on every candidateStructured web search
Public statements, news, endorsements — each kept with its source URL.
Used for AI-inferred positions when no official vote existsBuilt for
Who uses civic AI on CivicAlign
- Voters & citizensDecide who to vote for, in 30 seconds.
- NewsroomsStory leads, fact-check ammunition, stance drift over a session.
- Public affairsIdentify swing votes & monitor consistency.
- ResearchersStructured datasets of votes + statements + scores.
- Advocacy & non-profitsCoalition prep, member education, accountability.
- DevelopersLegislative data API. REST + JSON.
Ready to see civic AI in action?
Pick a state, open any 2026 race, and watch the citations come together.
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