Legislative research that shows its work
Votes, bills, sponsors and district results for state legislatures, in one workspace. See how every legislator votes, where it cuts against their district, and exactly where each number comes from.
Covering Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma during the alpha
Features
Everything a statehouse researcher reaches for
One place for the record, from a single roll call to a member’s whole career.
Legislator profiles
Vote totals, full roll-call history, sponsored bills and party alignment for every member.
Bill search and tracking
Status, sponsors, chamber roll calls, official text and companion bills. Track what matters.
Rankings
Rank members by legislative efficacy, ideological position or party loyalty, with the method shown.
Compare members
Put two legislators side by side across sessions and policy topics to see where they align.
District vulnerability
Final-passage votes set against the district’s presidential lean, each with a salience score.
VoteVantage AIExperimental
Ask in plain language and get answers that cite the bills they’re based on.
Analysis you won’t find in the raw data
LegiScan gives everyone the same bills and roll calls. VoteVantage does its own math on top of them, and shows how.
Ideology scores
Members with enough recorded votes get a score calculated from their own Yea and Nay votes, not from the party next to their name. Scores are compared with the rest of the chamber, so you can see who votes near the middle and who votes at the edges.
- Calculated from the voting record, with no AI involved
- Shown on profiles with a career percentile and the number of votes analyzed
- Feeds the rankings and district vulnerability
Coalition Targets
Pick a legislator and see who votes with them most often across their full recorded history. Members who agree 85% of the time or more are marked as coalition targets: the likeliest allies when you’re counting votes.
- Procedural votes left out, so agreement reflects substance
- Narrow it to one party to find allies inside a caucus
- Every match one click from their own profile
A complete record for every legislator
Open any member to see their vote totals, district lean and full history, with sponsored bills, party alignment and coalition targets one tab away.
- Every recorded roll call, filterable by session
- Final-passage votes set against the district’s presidential lean
- Works on a phone, for when you’re in the Capitol
Ask VoteVantage AI Experimental
Ask a question in plain language and get an answer that names the bills it’s based on. Keep related threads together in Projects.
- Answers drawn from VoteVantage’s own bill and vote data
- Every cited bill one click from its full record
- Experimental: check important answers against the record
Legislator screenshots show a real Missouri House member’s public record from an earlier data snapshot. The AI answer is an example.
Method
Built to be cited, not just clicked
The rules VoteVantage holds itself to, so your work holds up.
Nonpartisan
Every legislator, in either party, is measured with the same methods.
Sourced
Bills, roll calls and bill text from LegiScan, with official documents linked.
Explained
Rankings carry a methodology note: what’s counted and who qualifies.
Substantive
Efficacy leaves out resolutions, commemorative bills and annual appropriations.
Pricing
Plans for after the alpha
Pick the plan that fits how you research. During the alpha, access is by invitation and there’s no charge.
Provisional prices. These are working figures from earlier planning. They aren’t approved, plan contents may change, and there is no checkout during the alpha.
Features
- Legislator, bill and ranking pages
- Compare members and track bills
- VoteVantage AI with a daily limit
Features
- Everything in Free
- Higher VoteVantage AI limits
- More capable AI model
Features
- Everything in Pro
- 3 seats included
- Shared AI allowance
OrganizationProvisional
From $5,000 a year. Seats, states and terms set to fit your group.
Request access
Join the VoteVantage alpha
VoteVantage is invitation-only while Victory Enterprises tests it with a small group of researchers. Tell us about your work and we’ll be in touch by email.
- No account is createdA request is only a request. Access is granted by invitation.
- Already invited?Sign in with the email your invitation went to.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before they request access.
Is VoteVantage partisan?
No. Every legislator, in either party, is measured with the same methods, and each ranking shows its methodology beside the numbers.
Which states are covered?
Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma during the alpha. How much history is available varies by state. New states will be listed here once their data is loaded.
Where does the data come from?
Bills, sponsors, roll calls and bill text come from LegiScan under CC BY 4.0, with official bill documents linked. District presidential results are credited on each profile.
How are ideology scores calculated?
From the roll-call record. For each chamber, VoteVantage looks at how members voted Yea or Nay and finds the main pattern that separates them (a principal component analysis), which becomes the score. No AI is involved. Members need enough recorded votes to be scored, and scores are compared within a chamber, not across states.
How does VoteVantage AI work?
It answers from VoteVantage’s own bill and vote data and shows which bills an answer is based on. It’s experimental, so check important answers against the linked record.
Can I sign up today?
Not yet. Access is by invitation during the alpha. Request access and we’ll reply by email.
What will it cost?
Plans and prices aren’t final. The figures on this page are provisional, and nothing is billed during the alpha.