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Provide verifiable profiles of political influencers.
Help people pick political candidates by providing adequate information.
No content is produced by us; insteadcontenWe produce no content, it is collected from specialized and reputable organizations.
Before voting, we serve citizens who want to be informed.
Our data is not responsible for the validity of claims made by external sources.
A web page listing all things STR is responsible for and how we're meeting those responsibilitiestwe meetbilities.
Core Requirements
Fact-checked sources provide information on political influencers.
It is decentralized to allow deployment on any computing resource.
Integrate external data sources cheaply.
Any outbound links provide a disclaimer.
We’re not responsible for false information associated with this resource.
Minimal non-controversial profile information.
Full Legal Name - To identify a political influencer.
Photo - To identify related content anywhere.
Date of Birth - Only for identifying someone and avoiding mixups and nothing more.
Current & Past Residence - We want to know how invested a political influencer is in various contexts.
Terms in office - We want to understand how politically active they are.
Political titles — To gauge their level of influence.
Example: Senate Majority Leader
Political Affiliation — To understand their principles & values.
Potentially controversial profile information.
Influence score - To understand whether or not it’s worth learning about them in the first place.
Integrity score - To know how well they adhere to their principles and values.
Family Tree - To understand who they are.
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