Data Sources
Every indicator in the Datum Signals composite is sourced from primary, public-record data published by federal, state, or academic institutions. No proprietary feeds, no anonymous tipsters. Attribution and refresh cadence are listed below; the live coverage table is generated from the production database.
Source attribution
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- What
- 86.9M individual contribution records, 2000-2026 federal races; Senate and House candidate receipts. Governors do not file with the FEC (see Governor candidate fundraising below)
- Cadence
- Daily for active cycles; monthly between cycles
- License
- Public domain
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- What
- LAUS state unemployment, CES nonfarm payrolls, UI initial claims
- Cadence
- Monthly (LAUS, CES); weekly (UI)
- License
- Public domain
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- What
- State retail gasoline prices and consumption
- Cadence
- Weekly
- License
- Public domain
US Census Bureau (Census)
- What
- ACS demographics, CPS Voting Supplement, Decennial 2020
- Cadence
- Annual (ACS, CPS); decennial (population)
- License
- Public domain
MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MIT EL)
- What
- Senate state turnout 1976-2024; senate, governor, president outcomes
- Cadence
- Election years
- License
- ODC-BY
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- What
- WONDER multiple cause-of-death (overdose, suicide)
- Cadence
- Quarterly
- License
- Public domain
IRS Statistics of Income (IRS SOI)
- What
- State-to-state migration flows from tax returns
- Cadence
- Annual
- License
- Public domain
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- What
- Uniform Crime Reporting; violent and property crime by state
- Cadence
- Annual
- License
- Public domain
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- What
- Travel Volume Trends (state-level vehicle miles)
- Cadence
- Monthly
- License
- Public domain
US Department of Labor (DOL)
- What
- State-level initial unemployment claims
- Cadence
- Weekly
- License
- Public domain
Google Trends (Google Trends)
- What
- Search interest in safety, escape, and civic-anxiety keywords
- Cadence
- Daily
- License
- Google ToS, attribution required
VoteHub (VoteHub)
- What
- Polling aggregation for candidate fit feature
- Cadence
- As polls release
- License
- VoteHub ToS
Live coverage
| Dimension | Indicator | Source | Last refresh | States | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CivicTrust | Civic Participation Composite | Census CPS Voting Supplement | 2026-10-31 | 51 | 1377 |
| DomesticStability | State Domestic Stability Composite | Census ACS 1-year (S1201, S1701, S2503) | 2026-05-29 | 51 | 1020 |
| Economy | State Initial Unemployment Claims (Economy) | DOL ETA Economy | 2026-10-31 | 51 | 23509 |
| Economy | State Unemployment Rate (LAUS SA) | BLS LAUS | 2026-09-30 | 51 | 7752 |
| Economy | Weekly Retail Gasoline Price (PADD) | EIA | 2026-11-02 | 51 | 23562 |
| Escape | State Escape Composite | CDC fpsi-y8tj + IRS SOI Migration | 2026-11-06 | 51 | 1632 |
| Information | Political Search Interest | Google Trends | 2024-10-29 | 51 | 816 |
| Information | Political Search Interest (Fixed Terms) | Google Trends | 2026-11-08 | 51 | 8007 |
| Information_candidates | Political Search Interest (Candidate Aggregate) | Google Trends Candidate Aggregate | 2026-11-08 | 51 | 9434 |
| Isolation | State Isolation Composite | Census ACS 1-year + 2020 Decennial | 2024-10-01 | 51 | 561 |
| Isolation | State Isolation Composite | Census Decennial DHC P2 + ACS 1-year B11001 + S0801 | 2026-05-29 | 51 | 459 |
| Mobility | State Vehicle Miles Traveled | FHWA TVT | 2026-08-31 | 51 | 7752 |
| Mobility | TSA Checkpoint Throughput (state estimate) | TSA/BTS | 2026-11-05 | 51 | 146166 |
| Money | Political Money Velocity | VoteROI FEC | 2026-11-02 | 51 | 1683 |
| Pulse | VoteHub State Polling Pulse | VoteHub | 2026-11-07 | 34 | 189 |
| Risk | State Risk Composite | BLS LAUS + Census BDS | 2026-11-06 | 51 | 714 |
| Security | FBI NICS Background Checks | FBI NICS | 2024-07-31 | 51 | 15351 |
| Security | State Initial Unemployment Claims | DOL ETA | 2026-10-31 | 51 | 108461 |
| Spending | FEC Operating Expenditures | FEC Bulk | 2026-11-07 | 51 | 10863 |
Governor candidate fundraising
Governors do not file with the FEC. Each 2026 Governor race below cites the state campaign finance body or aggregator its money figure comes from, with the filing coverage date and whether the weekly job refreshes it or the figure is manual only (kept as filed, refreshed by hand). Generated 2026-11-09 from the production database.
| State | Source | Coverage through | Pull |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| AL | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | Manual only |
| AR | Transparency USA and state portal records | 2026-08-18 | Manual only: Transparency USA and state portal records, transcribed by hand |
| AZ | Arizona Secretary of State (See The Money) | 2026-09-30 | Automated weekly |
| CA | Transparency USA | 2026-06-30 | Manual only: CAL-ACCESS bulk export is 1.6 GB and its web pages sit behind a bot challenge; the state replaces the system in November 2026 |
| CO | Colorado Secretary of State (TRACER) | 2026-10-14 | Automated weekly |
| CT | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| FL | Transparency USA and state portal records | 2026-06-30 | Manual only: Transparency USA and state portal records, transcribed by hand |
| GA | Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission | 2026-07-31 | Automated weekly |
| HI | Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission | 2026-10-19 (D) and 2026-10-16 (R) | Automated weekly |
| IA | Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board | 2026-07-14 | Manual only: Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board filings read by hand; the open data export stops governor rows at 2026-05-26 |
| ID | Transparency USA and state portal records | 2026-06-30 | Manual only: Transparency USA and state portal records, transcribed by hand |
| IL | Illinois State Board of Elections | 2026-09-30 | Automated weekly |
| KS | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| MA | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| MD | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| ME | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| MI | Michigan Bureau of Elections | 2026-08-24 | Automated weekly |
| MN | Transparency USA and state portal records | 2026-05-31 | Manual only: Transparency USA and state portal records, transcribed by hand |
| NE | Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission | 2026-10-21 (D) and 2026-10-23 (R) | Automated weekly |
| NH | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| NM | New Mexico Secretary of State (CFIS) | 2026-10-05 | Automated weekly |
| NV | Transparency USA | 2026-06-30 | Manual only: Secretary of State portal sits behind a bot challenge; no export |
| NY | New York State Board of Elections | 2026-09-28 | Automated weekly |
| OH | Transparency USA | 2026-06-30 | Manual only: Secretary of State portal returns HTTP 403 with a security check; no export |
| OK | Oklahoma Ethics Commission | 2026-10-21 | Automated weekly |
| OR | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| PA | Pennsylvania Department of State | 2026-09-14 | Automated weekly |
| RI | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| SC | South Carolina State Ethics Commission | 2026-10-14 | Automated weekly |
| SD | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| TN | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| TX | Texas Ethics Commission | 2026-09-24 | Automated weekly |
| VT | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| WI | Fundraising: no automated state source yet. | - | - |
| WY | Transparency USA and state portal records | 2026-08-03 | Manual only: Transparency USA and state portal records, transcribed by hand |