Discuss the EveryPolitician project: its data on political office-holders worldwide, data quality, sources, and civic uses.
EveryPolitician is a global database of political office-holders — from heads of state and legislators to judges and more. It is part of the OpenSanctions project, building on the original EveryPolitician.org created by mySociety.
This category is the place to discuss anything related to EveryPolitician:
- Data coverage and quality — report missing positions or office-holders, flag incorrect data, or suggest new sources for a country or jurisdiction
- Using the data — share how you’re using EveryPolitician data for research, journalism, civic tech, or accountability projects
- Contributing — ask about how to help improve coverage, or propose new territories and positions to track
- Ideas and feedback — suggest features, improvements, or new ways the data could be made more useful
Whether you’re a journalist investigating political networks, a researcher studying governance, or a civic technologist building tools for accountability — this is your space. Please feel free to post any question or observation, no matter how small.
For technical questions about the OpenSanctions API or bulk data, the Support & Questions category may also be useful.