About PowerPlayers — The Civic Ratings Platform for American Democracy
PowerPlayers is an independent, nonpartisan civic technology platform that enables American citizens to rate and review their elected officials, discover political challengers, track election races, and participate in continuous democracy. Founded on the belief that every citizen deserves meaningful, ongoing accountability tools beyond the ballot box, PowerPlayers provides a year-round civic engagement experience.
Mission
PowerPlayers exists to close the accountability gap in American politics. Between elections, citizens have few structured mechanisms to evaluate the performance of their elected representatives. PowerPlayers fills that gap with a transparent, data-driven rating system that aggregates citizen sentiment into publicly visible scores for every major officeholder in the country.
How It Works
Citizens create a verified account, find the officials who represent them by state and district, and submit ratings across five performance dimensions: legislative effectiveness, constituent responsiveness, ethical conduct, policy alignment, and bipartisan leadership. Ratings are displayed publicly in real time, enabling voters to compare officials across chambers, states, and parties.
Nonpartisan Commitment
PowerPlayers rates officials from every political party using the same methodology and criteria. The platform does not endorse candidates or parties, does not accept advertising from political campaigns, and applies its community guidelines equally regardless of a rated official's party affiliation. Rating methodology is documented publicly at the methodology page.