Overview
Summary	U.S. political data lookup
Category	Politics
Tags	politics government
Date Added	2008-07-13
Description	The Project Vote Smart API lets developers query against a broad range of data that Project Vote Smart maintains - candidate information, election districts, ballot initiatives, votes, committees, officials, and more. Results are returned in XML or JSON format.
API Home Page	http://api.votesmart.org/docs/index.html
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	XML, JSON
Service Endpoint	http://api.votesmart.org
Functionality
API Groups	Address, Ballot Measure, CandidateBio, District, Election, Leadership, Local, Office, State, Votes
Example API Methods	http://api.votesmart.org/Votes.getCategories?year=2007, Votes.getBill
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	HTTP Basic Auth
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits	PHP scripts, PHP libraries, Python sample code
Community API Kits
API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum
Developer Support	Dev user mailing list available, Support email address provided
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	None
Developer Key Required	No
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	None
Usage Limits	None specified
Terms of Service	API Terms of use

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