Features

Everything you need to follow the money.

BallotBase pulls live data from the FEC and Cal-Access, cleans it, and turns it into clear, actionable analytics. No data team. No spreadsheets. No guesswork.

Donor Insights

Know your donors better than your opponents know theirs.

See who your top contributors are, how much they have left to give, and which donors from prior cycles have gone quiet. BallotBase breaks down your donor file by contribution size, repeat giving behavior, and geographic concentration — so you know exactly where to focus your next ask.

  • Top donors ranked by total contribution amount
  • First-time vs. returning donor breakdown
  • Repeat donor rate by city
  • Contribution size distribution across FEC-relevant thresholds
  • Lapsed donor count from the prior cycle
Donor Breakdown
Repeat donor rate 34.2%
First-time donors 41,208
Returning donors 21,304
Lapsed from prior cycle 18,940
Top Donor Cities
New York, NY
$1.2M
Los Angeles, CA
$890K
Chicago, IL
$576K
Spend Analysis

See exactly where campaign money is going — and whether it's working.

BallotBase categorizes every disbursement by type — advertising, payroll, consulting, fundraising, and more — so you can see at a glance how a campaign is allocating resources. Compare spend patterns across committees to spot over-investment in overhead or under-investment in voter contact.

  • Disbursements categorized by expense type
  • Fundraising cost as a percentage of total raised
  • Cost-per-dollar raised across filing periods
  • Top vendors by total spend
  • For PACs and Super PACs: spend by candidate target
Spend by Category
Advertising
$4.1M
Fundraising
$2.5M
Consulting
$1.6M
Payroll
$920K
Cost to raise $1 $0.21
Fundraising % of total spend 26%
Geographic Intelligence

Map where your money comes from — and where it isn't.

For federal campaigns, BallotBase shows in-state vs. out-of-state donor breakdowns by congressional district. For California committees, it tracks in-district vs. out-of-district ratios. Donor density normalized per 100k residents helps you find untapped markets where you're underleveraging your support.

  • Donor totals by state and city
  • In-district vs. out-of-district breakdown
  • Donors per 100k residents by geography
  • In-state vs. out-of-state ratio for federal committees
Top Donor States
California
22%
New York
18%
Texas
12%
District Breakdown
In-district donors 61%
Out-of-district donors 39%
Fundraising Momentum

See where a campaign is accelerating — and where it's stalling.

BallotBase tracks fundraising performance across every filing period, showing month-over-month and quarter-over-quarter trends. Spot the campaigns building momentum heading into election season, and identify the ones burning through cash without a sustainable donor base.

  • Fundraising by filing period across the full election cycle
  • Month-over-month growth rate
  • Donor count trends alongside dollar totals
  • Full two-year cycle view for federal and state committees
Quarterly Fundraising — 2025–2026
Q1 '25
Q2 '25
Q3 '25
Q4 '25
Q1 '26
Q2 '26
MoM growth (latest) +34%
Competitive Intelligence

Know what your opponents are doing before they deploy it.

Pull analytics on any committee in the same race and compare side by side. See where opponents are fundraising, how efficiently they're spending, and which donors they share with you. Track IE committee activity targeting your race before it hits the airwaves.

  • Side-by-side fundraising comparison for any two committees
  • Shared donor analysis across competing campaigns
  • IE committee spend tracking by targeted candidate
  • Cash-on-hand position vs. opponents
Add-on feature
Race Comparison
Your Committee Opponent
Total Raised $4.2M $2.8M
Cash on Hand $1.9M $640K
Total Donors 18,420 9,104
Cost per $1 Raised $0.18 $0.31
California Filing Compliance

Know what to file, when to file it, and what's missing — before the deadline hits.

BallotBase includes a built-in California filing tracker that understands FPPC rules. Log contributions and expenditures, and the system automatically determines which form applies, flags missing required fields, and alerts you when a transaction triggers a 24-hour late filing requirement. Export is gated until your filing is clean.

  • Automatic Form 460, 497, and 496 classification per transaction
  • Employer and occupation validation at the $100 threshold
  • Form 497 alerts for contributions ≥ $1,000 within 90 days of election
  • Inline compliance flags on every entry — edit and fix without starting over
  • Export blocked until all required fields are complete
  • Cal-Access .CAL file export, ready to submit
California · Beta
Filing Compliance — Jane Smith for City Council
Current filing period Semi-Annual Jan–Jun
Days to election 62 days · Form 497 window open
Entries
RCPT
Maria Rodriguez
2026-04-10 · Acme Corp
F497 +$1,500.00
RCPT
James Okafor
2026-04-12
Employer required Occupation required
F460 +$250.00
1 error · export blocked fix to export .CAL
Data Methodology

We do the data engineering so you don't have to.

BallotBase pulls directly from government disclosure systems and applies the filtering and deduplication logic that makes the numbers actually usable.

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FEC Schedule A & B
Individual contributions and disbursements pulled directly from the FEC API. Top-line totals use official FEC committee totals — not aggregated receipt rows — so the numbers are always accurate regardless of filing volume.
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Cal-Access Deduplication
California amendment filings create duplicate rows that inflate totals if naively summed. BallotBase tracks amendment chains and counts only the most recent version of each filing. Schedule E only for expenditures, F460 only for receipts.
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Smart Caching
Data is cached and revalidated on a rolling basis so dashboards load instantly. Background fetches keep data fresh without blocking your analysis. First load for a new committee typically takes under 10 seconds.

Federal and California. More states coming.

BallotBase automatically detects committee type and applies the right data source and analytics.

Federal
FEC — All 50 States

House, Senate, presidential campaigns, PACs, and Super PACs. Any committee with an FEC ID.

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California
Cal-Access

State Assembly, State Senate, statewide offices, local races, and IE committees.

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Coming Soon
Texas & New York

State-level disclosure systems for Texas and New York are in development.

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