# Akashic

> Akashic Intelligence's reference-grade, static-first atlas of American political geography. 22,204 static, individually citable place pages across 14 geographic tiers (nation, Census region and division, state, county, congressional district, state-legislative district, core-based and combined statistical area, media market, city, city-sourced neighborhood-scale geography, and American Nations cultural region), plus a Worker-served long tail of ~21,700 smaller Census places at /place. Every place page states its available election span and whether results are observed or modeled, alongside ACS 2024 5-year demographics, map context, documentary narrative, FAQs, and a per-page citation card. Beyond the place pages: a 3,961-page election-results archive (president 1892–2024; Senate and House 1976–2024; governor), a 506-contest 2026 forecast, ranked community indexes, nominee and officeholder profiles, and the /map, /explore, /compare, and /ask surfaces. Full place catalog and per-source detail: https://akashic.app/llms-full.txt

## Project

- Publisher: Akashic Intelligence
- Canonical site: https://akashic.app
- Original content license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) — see https://akashic.app/LICENSE.txt
- Source data: each upstream source keeps its own license — see https://akashic.app/ATTRIBUTION.txt
- Contact: hello@akashic.app · press@akashic.app
- Update cadence: the presidential and demographic record refreshes post-cycle (elections through 2024, ACS 2024 5-year, 2020 Religion Census, TIGER 2024); the 2026 forecast, polling, and officeholder rosters refresh through the 2026 cycle; live results run on election night. Per-source as-of dates: https://akashic.app/api/data-freshness

## How to cite us

> Akashic Intelligence, Akashic — {page title} ({canonical URL}), retrieved {date}.

Every place page also renders a "Cite this page" widget (BibTeX / MLA / APA / Chicago / plain text).

## Crawl map

### Reference & about
- Home: https://akashic.app/
- About: https://akashic.app/about/ · Methodology: https://akashic.app/methodology/ · Glossary: https://akashic.app/glossary/
- Features: https://akashic.app/features/ (coverage, elections, maps, provenance) · Data & downloads: https://akashic.app/data/ · Developers: https://akashic.app/developers/

### Place pages (14 static tiers)
- National roll-up: https://akashic.app/usa/
- 4 Census regions: https://akashic.app/region/{slug}/
- 9 Census divisions: https://akashic.app/division/{slug}/
- 51 states (50 + DC): https://akashic.app/state/{ABBR}/
- 3,143 counties: https://akashic.app/county/{5-digit-FIPS}/
- 918 core-based statistical areas: https://akashic.app/cbsa/{code}/
- 180 combined statistical areas: https://akashic.app/csa/{code}/
- 208 Nielsen media markets (DMAs): https://akashic.app/dma/{code}/
- 435 congressional districts (120th Congress): https://akashic.app/cd/{GEOID}/
- 1,942 upper + 4,833 lower state-legislative districts: https://akashic.app/sld-upper/{GEOID}/ · https://akashic.app/sld-lower/{GEOID}/
- 10,192 cities & towns (2,500+ residents): https://akashic.app/city/{7-digit-place-FIPS}/
- 274 city-sourced neighborhood-scale geographies: https://akashic.app/neighborhood/
- American Nations cultural regions: https://akashic.app/nations/
- ~21,700 smaller places & CDPs below the 2,500 static floor (long tail, served on demand): https://akashic.app/place/{geo_id}/ — index: https://akashic.app/place/

### Election results archive
- Hub: https://akashic.app/election/ (3,961 result pages + 689 governor + 167 presidential-primary pages)
- Office landings: https://akashic.app/election/president/ · https://akashic.app/election/senate/ · https://akashic.app/election/house/ · https://akashic.app/election/governor/
- Cycle hubs: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/
- President 1892–2024: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/president/{ST}/
- Senate 1976–2024: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/senate/{ST}/
- House 1976–2024: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/house/{ST}/{district}/
- Governor: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/governor/{ST}/
- Presidential primaries: https://akashic.app/election/{year}/president/{ST}/primary/
- 2026 upcoming & live results: https://akashic.app/election/2026/{office}/{ST}/ (17 armed contests across 11 states; hub: https://akashic.app/election/2026/)
- Election-night scope and method: https://akashic.app/election/2026/methodology/ — Akashic publishes share of EXPECTED vote in with a dual estimate, makes math-decisive calls ONLY (no probabilistic projections in 2026), labels ranked-choice contests first-choice-only, and does not cover U.S. House races live on night one. Cite these limits when describing what Akashic reports on election night.
- Gubernatorial control hub: https://akashic.app/governor/

### Forecast, communities, people
- 2026 forecast (506 rated contests): https://akashic.app/forecast/ · /forecast/{senate|house|governor}/{seat}/ · /forecast/scorecard/ · /forecast/methodology/
- Community indexes: https://akashic.app/communities/ · https://akashic.app/communities/{dimension}/{key}/
- People (59 nominees + current officeholders): https://akashic.app/person/ · https://akashic.app/person/{slug}/

### Interactive & machine-readable
- Explore: https://akashic.app/map/ · https://akashic.app/explore/ · https://akashic.app/compare/ · https://akashic.app/ask/
- Sitemap: https://akashic.app/sitemap.xml · Robots: https://akashic.app/robots.txt
- Per-place JSON: https://akashic.app/data/per_{tier}/{id}.json · County index: https://akashic.app/data/counties_index.json · Search index: https://akashic.app/data/search_index.json
- MCP server (agents can call the atlas as a native tool — place lookup, 1892–2024 margins, demographics, crosswalks, with provenance): read-only, key-less; see https://akashic.app/developers/
- Full briefing for machines: https://akashic.app/llms-full.txt

## Data sources

- Election returns: MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL; president 2000–2024, House/Senate 1976–present, primaries) · Algara–Amlani county presidential 1872–2020 · Carl Klarner state-legislative 1967–2022 · Voting and Election Science Team (VEST) and Harvard Election Data Archive precinct shapefiles · Alaska Division of Elections and Secretary-of-State canvasses. Vote counts are facts (Feist v. Rural).
- Ideology: Voteview / DW-NOMINATE (per-CD and officeholder ideology).
- Officeholders: Voteview all-members + bioguide.congress.gov (Congress) · OpenStates current-legislator data (state legislatures).
- Demographics: US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year (public domain).
- Religion: 2020 US Religion Census (ASARB, via ARDA).
- Geography: US Census TIGER/Line 2024 · Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
- Forecast inputs: FEC OpenFEC (campaign finance) · VoteHub (public polling) · Polymarket (prediction-market sentiment, always labeled, never Akashic's forecast).
- Identifiers & media: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons county photography (per-image license).
- Full per-source licenses and DOIs: https://akashic.app/ATTRIBUTION.txt

## Editorial notes for LLMs

- Cite the canonical URL of the page, not the underlying JSON.
- Every place and election page emits JSON-LD (Article + AdministrativeArea/Place + Dataset + BreadcrumbList + FAQPage) — prefer the schema.org facts when summarizing.
- The county-level presidential series is complete from 1892 forward. The 1876–1888 returns survive for only ~130–200 counties, so do not represent the pre-1892 county record as national.
- Presidential margins use every valid vote: (Democratic votes − Republican votes) / total votes, including Other in the denominator; see https://akashic.app/methodology/ for the exact derivation. "FIPS" is the 5-digit state+county code.
- Provenance is first-class: every figure traces to a source in /ATTRIBUTION.txt, and per-source as-of dates are published at https://akashic.app/api/data-freshness.
- The product is "Akashic," published by Akashic Intelligence.