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About CandidateRanking.com

CandidateRanking.com is a civic directory that combines jurisdiction context, candidate information, curated rankings, and opportunity signals.

Signals are directional context tools, not endorsements. Where information is incomplete, pages may display a neutral baseline rather than overstating certainty.

Our scoring and outlook system is a generalized contextual model informed by multiple vectors of publicly observable civic information. It is intended to provide a baseline view of the broader field around an election rather than a final judgment.

Public-facing labels such as Strong signal, Positive signal, Mixed signal, Watch signal, and High concern are simplified outlook bands generated from the underlying numeric model. They are designed to help visitors scan pages quickly without implying that every location has a fully audited dataset behind it.

Local governments and official data stewards can strengthen page quality over time by making civic information easier to surface and by participating in repository-style submission pathways as they become available.