OurCampaigns is a comprehensive political data resource whose mission is to collect and make available information about all official elections, historical, current and ongoing. Our primary focus is on the United States, but we also intend to collect all international election data as well.

This data includes not only the election results themselves, but also information and photos on the candidates, polls, advertisements, endorsements, finance reports, predictions, the most important news items, district maps and data and mapping of what detailed data is available.

OurCampaigns has been a work in progress since 2002. We are a collaboration with our trusted users who have access to a large variety of tools to help enter and maintain the data. We always need more help with our enormous task, so if you want to contribute please sign up for an account and after a short time of contributing you will get access to the systems. We appreciate it very much.

FAQS

About the Site

How is OurCampaigns organized?

How do I navigate the site?

What is the site Privacy Policy?

About User Profiles

How do I get access to add information/ endorse candidates/ vote in user polls/ predict races?

Do I need to create a profile for myself?

About multiple user profiles

Can I create another account?

What is a User Profile?

When I come back to the site, why does it show me more than just the new items?

Data Entry

Adding Candidates to Races/Endorsements/Etc

Guidelines for Media and Polling Firms

I'm a Candidate/Campaign Manager/Staffer. How do I get more information about myself/my candidate on the site?

What is the policy on errors in data on the site?

How do I create maps?

How do I get authorization to enter election statistics?

What format is used to enter US county/local races into the database?

I have access to create/add candidates/races. What are my responsibilities?

Where do I get election statistics to enter?

My candidate's party is not in the list. Should I create a new party?

Should I list my sources for where I get data entry information?

How do I cite the sources for the data I have entered?

How do I format names in terms of full names, proper names, etc. for candidates?

What are the guidelines on assigning Categories or other identifiers to data?

Discussion Posting

How do I make an image / HTML /bold / italics / user name appear in my post?

I'm new to the site, and I've noticed that many of my posts get either a response of "..." or "ellipses". What does this indicate?

How do I do cool stuff with HTML?

Why did my message get deleted?

What foreign languages does OurCampaigns support?

General Information

What is OurCampaigns?

I just heard a term I did not recognize. What does "[insert term here]" mean? (OC Glossary)

What are silly races?

When I refresh the home page, or hit my "back" button on my browser, all the new messages go away. Why?

What is the policy on adding non-political "races"?

What do the "forget me" and "remember me" functions do?

Predictions and Points

How do I get points?

How are Polling Firm points, average error and bias calculated?

DISCUSSION
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CW:9399 Juan Croniqueur ( -31.8306 points) Fri, May 16, 2025 08:29:06 PM UTC0:00 May I please have my access increased so I can remove candidates from races and move containers? May I please have my access increased so I can remove candidates from races and move containers?   I:6738 IndyGeorgia ( 4590.4668 points) Sat, May 17, 2025 02:57:03 PM UTC0:00 I can’t grant access, but for your Philippine races, are you wanting them dropped out or are you wanting them deleted (as if they were never in the race)? I can’t grant access, but for your Philippine races, are you wanting them dropped out or are you wanting them deleted (as if they were never in the race)?   CW:9399 Juan Croniqueur ( -31.8306 points) Sat, May 17, 2025 08:10:05 PM UTC0:00 Probably deleted. The Philippines has a practice of striking "nuisance" candidates from the ballot. Probably deleted. The Philippines has a practice of striking "nuisance" candidates from the ballot.   D:8255 My Congressman is a Weiner ( -19.7986 points) x2 Mon, May 19, 2025 03:05:41 PM UTC0:00 Did anyone else see all the pages blank last week? Did anyone else see all the pages blank last week?   I:6738 IndyGeorgia ( 4590.4668 points) Mon, May 19, 2025 03:23:31 PM UTC0:00 Yep. Maybe another DDOS attack? Yep. Maybe another DDOS attack?