Ballotpedia Data Client Documentation
  • Introduction
  • Geographic APIs
    • Getting started with geographic APIs
    • About redistricting
    • /districts
    • /officeholders
    • /election_dates
    • /elections_by_point
    • /elections_by_state
    • Practical guide
  • Rate limiting
  • Bulk data
    • Downloading bulk data via the client portal
  • Downloading bulk data via API
  • Dictionaries and Terms
    • About the Candidates data set
    • Data dictionary: Voting rules
    • Data dictionary: Officeholders
    • Data dictionary: Ballot Measures
    • Data dictionary: Candidates
    • Terms of Use
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Introduction

NextGetting started with geographic APIs

Last updated 2 months ago

The quilt of American democracy is highly varied and complex. Ballotpedia strives to create an intuitive data structure to serve the variety of elections across the country, but it still requires some special terminology and a few unique data structures. This site includes information about API syntax, key concepts, data dictionaries, and some details about common edge cases.

Navigate to either or depending on your use case to learn more.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your Ballotpedia sales contact.

Geographic APIs
Bulk Data