Platform-based legislative scorecards

Measure every vote against the platform you actually wrote.

Plankwise helps any organization — a state party, a caucus, an advocacy group — grade floor-voted bills against its own published platform, then publish scorecards that anyone can check, plank by plank.

  • Stable plank IDs
  • Blind double grading
  • Open CSV exports
SenateExample
LegislatorDistrictGrade
Legislator A1292.31%
Legislator B484.62%
Legislator C2761.54%
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Illustrative rows. Every grade links back to the planks it cites.

How it works

From platform to published scorecard

  1. Load your platform

    Each plank receives a permanent ID and an Article.Section label, so citations stay valid across edits and years.

  2. Grade bills blind

    Two graders independently decide whether a Yes or No vote aligns with the platform — neither sees the other's call until they submit.

  3. Resolve disagreements

    When graders disagree or flag a bill, an advisor reviews both assessments and records the final call.

  4. Publish and export

    Final floor votes are scored per legislator and published as an immutable snapshot with a CSV download.

Nonpartisan by design

Your platform. Your standard. Our math is the same for everyone.

Any party, any platform

Plankwise takes no position. Organizations score legislators against the commitments they themselves published.

Transparent method

Grade = votes that agree with the platform ÷ yea/nay votes cast. Other recorded votes count as missed, never invented.

Integrity built in

Submitted grades are immutable, grader roles are locked once they grade, and published scorecards are snapshots.

Public legislative data

Bills, roll calls, and votes come from LegiScan's public data, credited on every page.

Directory

Organizations on Plankwise