Public datasets for volunteers to analyze and visualize
Use issues to suggest datasets to add to this list
- Aggregated Federal Budget and US Census Data: USAfacts.org
- USAFacts is a not-for-profit, non-partisan resource of numbers and trends in government spending and results. Founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in collaboration with researchers at UPenn and Stanford. Currently has CSV download links with a public API on the way.
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Complaint Database
- Database of over 1.3 million complaints filed by consumers about financial products and services (2011 - present). Has CSV, JSON download links and open data API.
- Polling data for 2020 Democratic primary (and more): FiveThirtyEight
- Repo with link to CSV download. Aggregated and regularly updated with new polls by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.
- Roster of state and US elected officials (last updated 4/18): DNC
- Repo with CSV files. Needs to be updated for 2020. Don't know if a current compiled roster exists elsewhere.