Get the Data

Download a csv file of Bridge Grades data for the 119th Congress using the links at the bottom of each data table on the House and Senate pages.

Visit our Bridge Grades github repo to access our open source code and full documentation.

Our Data Sources

Legislative Data: Powerd by Plural

Rhetoric Data: Powered by America’s Political Pulse by Polarization Research Lab

Voting District Lean courage bonus: Powered by The Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI)


Ideology Distance courage bonus: Powered by VoteView

Coalition bonus: Powered by Problems Solver Caucus


Legislative Record source data