YouCongress

YouCongress.org aims to make public preferences on policy questions transparent, structured, and backed by verifiable sources.

The goal is to make it easier for policymakers and journalists to understand what experts and citizens actually want, in a rigorous and non-partisan way.

You can vote directly or choose trusted voices to vote on your behalf, and every policy is enriched with verifiable, sourced quotes so positions are clear and accountable.

How to start

Install dependencies:

mix deps.get

Create the database, the user admin@youcongress.org with password admin:1234 and other sample data (authors, quotes):

mix ecto.setup

Run the server:

mix phx.server

Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser.

How to contribute

Welcome to YouCongress! Feel free to:

• Take any unassigned issue

Acknowledgments

We appreciate the following companies who provide their services kindly for free:

• AppSignal for application monitoring
• Rocket Validator for HTML and accessibility checks.