• LISTING
  • PROFILES
  • PLATFORMS
  • ANALYSIS

How to research candidate profiles with your AI

Connect BallotReady to your AI client once. After that, you can pull specific political data without leaving your chat window.

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Short answer

How can I use my AI to research candidates?

Your AI uses BallotReady to find specific people running for office and pull their full biographies or platform details. You get organized candidate data ready for analysis.

The research outcomes

What you get from the data

The AI turns raw election data into structured profiles.

LISTING

Candidate rosters

The AI identifies everyone running in a specific race or area. You get a clean list of names to choose from.

PROFILES

Detailed biographies

The AI pulls personal histories and professional backgrounds. This gives you the context needed to understand a candidate's experience.

PLATFORMS

Political stances

The AI retrieves specific policy positions and platform details. You can use this to compare how different candidates approach the same issues.

ANALYSIS

Human review

The AI gathers the facts, but you decide how to interpret the political implications. You remain the final judge of the candidate's record.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI acts as a bridge between your chat and the election database.

  1. Find candidates

    The AI scans the database to find all individuals running in a specific election or district.

    list_candidates

  2. Fetch details

    Once you pick a person, the AI pulls their specific bio and platform information.

    get_candidate

  3. Compare data

    The AI looks at the retrieved profiles to find similarities or differences in policy.

    get_candidate

  4. Summarize

    The AI condenses long biographies into short, readable summaries for your review.

    get_candidate

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the research process.

Starting points

Swap out the bracketed text for the specific city, state, or candidate you want to look up.

BallotReady Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_cIZlsl7VFaYreLU3KJOVKmMhr83ZAoSfERCBdRHr/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — BallotReady capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "ballotready-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_cIZlsl7VFaYreLU3KJOVKmMhr83ZAoSfERCBdRHr/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • List all the candidates running in [City, State] for the upcoming election.

  • Get the full biography and political platform for [Candidate Name].

  • Compare the platforms of [Candidate A] and [Candidate B] based on their official profiles.

  • Summarize the key policy positions for the candidates in [District Number].

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FAQ

How the research works

  • 01

    Can the AI vote for me?

    No. The AI only retrieves and summarizes candidate information. You must cast your own vote.

  • 02

    Can the AI change a candidate's platform?

    No. The AI only reads the data provided by the connector. It cannot edit or alter any political records.

  • 03

    How does the AI find the candidates?

    It uses the list_candidates tool to pull the current roster of people running in your specified area.

  • 04

    Can I get a candidate's social media links?

    The AI can only provide information that is included in the candidate's official biography and platform data.

  • 05

    Does the AI provide real-time polling numbers?

    No. This connector is designed for biographies and platforms, not for live polling or election results.

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