Vol. II · No. 07 · Est. 2020
SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026 The field guide to American politics
Election Intelligence · iOS

Read the numbers, not the noise.

Ballotics is a serious instrument for a serious subject: polling averages, an interactive electoral map, campaign finance, and a full Congress tracker — assembled nightly, wired to the people who actually do the counting.

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2026 Senate — Ratings Outlook
Illustrative
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Dem
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Rep
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Everything you need in one pocket.

01 Polling

Presidential approval, tracked daily.

Trump approval avg. 38.1% −0.5

The New York Times' presidential approval average, refreshed nightly, with the individual polls behind every point — plus generic-ballot, Senate, and Governor polling for the 2026 cycle.

02 2028 Electoral Map

Build scenarios, state by state.

Custom Path to 270 Sample
Pennsylvania
D +4
Michigan
D +2
Wisconsin
D +1
Arizona
R +2
Georgia
R +3

Tap any state to color the 2028 map and watch the count to 270. Maine and Nebraska split districts are handled correctly — and build a 269–269 tie and Ballotics walks you through the contingent election in the House. Save and reload as many scenarios as you like.

03 Campaign Finance

Follow the money, in real time.

National Party Committees FEC · 2026
Dem · Cash on Hand
$127M
Raised $508M
Rep · Cash on Hand
$256M
Raised $586M

Campaign finance straight from the FEC, joined to each race: receipts, disbursements, and cash on hand for every candidate on the ballot.

04 Congress Tracker

Know who represents you.

BS
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Senate · Vermont
D
AO
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
House · NY-14
D

See live chamber composition as a seat chart or map, pull up your federal delegation by state, and open any member for their bio, sponsored legislation, and voting record on every recent roll call.

05 Midterm Races

Senate, House, Governor.

Battleground Senate · 2026 Sample
Ohio
R +4.2
Maine
D +1.8
N. Carolina
R +1.1
Iowa
R +3.4

Heat maps, seat projections, and polling averages for every competitive Senate, House, and gubernatorial race on the calendar.

06 History

Every election, since 1788.

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Maricopa County, AZ 4.67M people median income $90,967 Census · ACS 2024

Every U.S. presidential election from 1788 to 2024 — drillable to the state and, for 2000–2024, the county level, with Census Bureau demographics for every county you open. (Recent cycles shown above.)

§ 02 · On Method Non-partisan · Ad-free · Owner-operated

We don't make the news. We organize it into something you can actually read.

Principle ISources over summaries.

Every number in Ballotics is traceable to a primary source — a polling firm, a federal filing, an election office. You see who said what, when, and by how much.

Principle IINo lectures. No takes.

Ballotics shows you the data and trusts you to read it. No editorial, no opinion columns, no partisan framing — just the instruments professionals use, in a form you can hold.

Principle IIIBuilt to last.

A cycle is four years. An app should be, too. Ballotics is actively developed by one person and designed to outlive any single election — because American politics doesn't take off-years.

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Where the numbers come from.

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The New York Times
Presidential approval averages and 2026 Senate & Governor polls, refreshed nightly. Data © The New York Times, used under CC BY 4.0.
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Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance — receipts, disbursements, and cash on hand for every federal candidate.
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MIT Election Data & Science Lab
Presidential returns back to 1788 and congressional returns, drillable to county level (2000–2024).
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U.S. Congress (Congress.gov)
Members, chamber composition, roll-call votes, and sponsored legislation, refreshed nightly.
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U.S. Census Bureau
County-level demographics paired with election returns for context on every result.
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Harvard Dataverse
Curated datasets for House and Senate results, county-level returns, and district maps.

Polling averages and data sets produced by The New York Times are used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Averages are produced by The Times; polls collected by The Times, with historical data from the Roper Center and FiveThirtyEight. Campaign-finance and demographic figures come from the FEC and U.S. Census Bureau APIs. Data is offered as-is, without warranty. To report a possible error in a polling average, contact polls@nytimes.com.

§ 04

A tour of the instrument.

Approval MAY '26
Trump · approval avg.
38.1%
Approve
Disapprove
Source: The New York Times
2024 Election FINAL
Electoral College
226 HARRIS · D
312 TRUMP · R
Senate '26 OUTLOOK
Battleground · Sorted by Margin
Pennsylvania
McCormick vs. Fetterman
+2.1D lead
Ohio
Moreno vs. Ryan
+4.2R lead
Maine
Collins vs. Mills
+1.8D lead
N. Carolina
Budd vs. Cooper
+1.1R lead
Iowa
Ernst vs. Franken
+3.4R lead
Georgia
Ossoff vs. Kemp
+0.4D lead

Approval tracking · Interactive electoral map · Battleground race polling

An Ongoing Publication

American politics, legibly.

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