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MapLight’s Impact

  • "[N]obody has ever revealed the relationship between money given and votes cast to quite such a startling effect."
    - David Pogue, New York Times
  • "This is the most extraordinary use of technology I believe I have seen when it comes to politics."
    - Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC (video)

Media Reach by the Numbers


  • 74 million people viewed, heard or saw our data since 2008, in print, broadcast and online news outlets
  • Over one million unique website visitors since 2008
  • Over 3,000 media citations in newspapers, TV, radio, websites and blogs since 2008 (highlights)

Research By the Numbers

  • 2,968 Congressional bills and amendments researched
  • $5,297,671,510 in contributions scrutinized

    • MapLight Wins Public Access to Lawmakers' Votes Database

    In June 2009, MapLight and  the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) settled their freedom of information lawsuit against the Office of Legislative Counsel of California, winning public access to California’s state database of how lawmakers vote. More...