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license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- text-classification
- tabular-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- politics
- civic-data
- legislation
- voting-records
- campaign-finance
- government-transparency
pretty_name: TIP Civic Data
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
# TIP Civic Data — U.S. Political Transparency Dataset
Nonpartisan civic accountability data from [Truth In Polling](https://truthinpolling.com) (501(c)(3) nonprofit).
Includes federal and state legislation, official voting records, citizen approval ratings, campaign finance industry funding, multi-factor vote predictions, and donor-to-vote-to-contract money trail analysis.
## Datasets
| File | Description | Rows |
|------|-------------|------|
| federal_bills | Federal legislation (119th Congress) | 6,528 |
| state_bills | State legislation across 49 states | 8,422 |
| federal_officials | Current members of Congress | 540 |
| state_officials | State legislators across 49 states | 7,650 |
| federal_floor_votes | Congressional roll call votes | 155,646 |
| state_floor_votes | State legislative roll call votes | 46,680 |
| citizen_approval | Aggregated citizen approval ratings (no PII) | 1 |
| bill_vote_distributions | Aggregated citizen bill votes (no PII) | 58 |
| federal_industry_funding | PAC industry funding per official (FEC) | 16,361 |
| pfp_predictions | Multi-factor vote predictions per official per bill | 23,061 |
| money_trail | Donor→vote→contract industry triangles | 109,438 |
| industry_taxonomy | CRP/OpenSecrets industry classification codes | 92 |
| state_campaign_finance | State campaign finance contributions ($200+ threshold, 18 states) | 0 |
## Update Frequency
Weekly (Sundays). Last refreshed: **2026-04-05**.
## License
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — free to use with attribution.
## Citation
```bibtex
@misc{tip_civic_data_2026,
title={TIP Civic Data: U.S. Political Transparency Dataset},
author={Truth In Polling, Inc.},
year={2026},
url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/truthinpolling/tip-civic-data},
note={Weekly updated civic accountability data}
}
```
## Methodology
See [How It Works](https://truthinpolling.com/how-it-works) for scoring methodology.
## API Access
For real-time queries, use the [TIP Public API](https://truthinpolling.com/developers) — 18 REST endpoints, 17 MCP tools.
## Data Notes
- All citizen-facing data (approval ratings, bill votes) is **aggregated** — no individual voter data is included.
- Campaign finance data is from FEC bulk filings (1.6M federal contributions).
- Money trail triangles correlate donations, votes, and contracts — **correlation does not imply causation**.
- The United States is a Constitutional Republic.
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