Editorial standards
The rules this site holds itself to, in public.
Fact and simulation stay separate
Every page keeps three layers distinct. Verified facts: offices, states, election dates and race structure, maintained in the site's own data and checkable against official sources. Sourced material: headlines and background, always attributed and linked to their publishers. Simulation: AI-generated results and analysis, always labeled as AI simulation and never presented as polling, results or fact. If you cannot tell which layer you are reading, that is a bug; report it.
Sourcing
Race background is drawn from Wikipedia; current coverage is aggregated from established outlets via Google News, with every headline linking to its original publisher. The site does not write news, does not paraphrase reporting into new claims of fact, and does not cite sources that do not exist. Election structure comes from public records of which seats are on the 2026 ballot.
Neutrality
Electorate HQ endorses no candidate and no party. Simulation rules are identical for every ticket. Issue guides describe how issues behave electorally without taking positions on them. Advertising, when present, is visually separated, labeled, and has no influence on simulations or editorial content.
No fabrication
The site does not invent polls, endorsements, statistics, quotes from real people, testimonials, or user counts. Simulated voices in the simulator are explicitly fictional characters inside a labeled simulation, never presented as real individuals. Where verified information is unavailable, pages say so rather than filling the gap.
Corrections
Factual errors are corrected promptly once verified, and pages carry updated dates when their content materially changes. To report an error, use the contact page and include the page URL and what you believe is wrong. Simulation outputs that violate the site's own rules, for example a result that contradicts its own reasoning, are treated as bugs and fixed in the product.