/candidate/{id}
Candidate profile
Normalized identity, office history, roles, issue stances, funding snapshots, and source receipts.
Political data, licensed and queryable.
Perception is building an API-ready civic intelligence layer for candidates, fundraising, issue stances, media narratives, influencers, and current government.
Example API shape
Roadmap preview for licensed customers
GET /candidate/{id}
GET /fundraising?cycle=2026
GET /media-sentiment?candidate=slug
GET /influencers?alignment=left
GET /issues?office=senate
GET /government?state=CAData products
These endpoints are the product map for Perception’s future paid API. The static site can market access now while ingestion, account keys, and rate limits are built later.
/fundraising
Fundraising intelligence
Cycle totals, named committees, PAC support, donor mix, and FEC-linked metadata.
/media-sentiment
Media sentiment
Outlet coverage, topic association, critical coverage intensity, and dated method notes.
/influencers
Influencer graph
Political media profiles, platform reach, narrative clusters, and politician alignments.
/issues
Issue tracker
Candidate stance snapshots by issue with confidence labels and citation trails.
/government
Government map
Current officeholders, state rosters, branch/chamber control, and profile links.
Warehouse-ready
Seeded TypeScript snapshots can migrate to Postgres, BigQuery, or a dedicated data warehouse.
License before self-serve
Early API customers should be manually approved while schemas and rate limits stabilize.
Readable and machine-ready
The same structured model powers public profiles, reports, dashboards, and future API responses.
Request API access or a licensed data sample.
Request a Perception analytics brief, API access, or a custom data engagement. V1 is lead-gen first so we can validate what buyers will pay for before adding full account billing.