Ballotpedia
What does this mean?How we determined this rating:
- Independent Review
- AllSides has medium confidence in this bias rating.
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Ballotpedia is a reference source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Center.
What a "Center" Rating Means
Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Center either do not show much predictable media bias, display a balance of articles with left and right biases, or equally balance left and right perspectives.
Center doesn't mean better! A Center media bias rating does not necessarily mean a source is totally unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible,just as Left and Right don't necessarily mean extreme, wrong, unreasonable, or not credible. AllSides encourages people to read outlets across the political spectrum.
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Ballotpedia provides a digital encyclopedia of detailed information and insight on federal, state and local politics.
According to its website, "Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. Ballotpedia's articles are 100 percent written by our professional staff and a small group of guest editors. All content written by our guest editors is reviewed and fact-checked by our staff." The company worked with tech giants Amazon and Twitter in separate capacities in 2018 to help provide information about local elections and combat political misinformation on social media. It was founded in 2007 by the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization.
On a page explaining "How we ensure factual content," Ballotpedia states that it "does not have reporters on the ground acting as a primary source. Instead, Ballotpedia typically curates content from existing sources. We gather, cross-check, organize, and summarize that information into an easy-to-access, neutral encyclopedia for our readers. In some cases, we receive direct, primary source content through email or voice communication."
Confidence Level
Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.As of June 2026, AllSides has medium confidence in our Center rating for Ballotpedia. An Editorial Review or Blind Bias Survey has affirmed this rating, or multiple reviews have returned differing results. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.
Ballotpedia Ownership and Funding
Funding and ownership do not influence bias ratings. We rate the bias of content only.Owner: Lucy Burns Institute
DonorsTrust, an American nonprofit donor-advised fund, gave $3,229,038 to the Lucy Burns Institute for general operations and educational efforts related to school board and district elections in 2024, per its 2024 IRS tax filing. The Lucy Burns Institute funds Ballotpedia. According to DonorsTrust's website, "We – and the conservative- and libertarian-minded donors with whom we work – believe in preserving the ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise." [Retrieved Dec. 16, 2025 12:41pm ET]