About Civic Forecast
Follow the influence. Understand the impact. Forecast the future. Clarity for residents, watchdogs, and change-makers. Track the policies, money, and power shaping your community in real time.
What Civic Forecast Is
A nonpartisan, data-driven civic intelligence app. It turns fragmented public data into a clear, live view of what's changing in policy, money, and power.
- Policy in Motion — Bills, budgets, executive actions, and ballot measures organized into clear, trackable feeds.
- Money & Influence — Lobbying, PAC activity, and public spending signals that connect decisions to real-world outcomes.
- Local Relevance — Region-aware views that tie national headlines back to districts, communities, and everyday impact.
Built By
Three teams, one mission: make civic data useful, accessible, and private.
- Show Me Television — Developer and publisher. Engineering the consumer experience across iOS, Android, and web.
- API Automations — Curation and data technology. Normalizing 120+ commercial, public, and government data sources into one coherent feed.
- Leanback Digital — Sponsorship, marketing, and placement. Connecting mission-aligned brands with the civic audience.
Pricing
The app is free, and so is every civic signal in it. Premium is optional, starts with a 30-day free trial, and adds bookmarks, push notifications, saved stories, and a profile.
- Free — The app and every civic signal in it. No paywall on the data, no trial to start.
- $1.99/month — Premium after a 30-day free trial: bookmarks, push notifications, saved stories, and profile. Cancel anytime.
- $19.99/year — Premium billed yearly after the same 30-day free trial — two months free.
Privacy & Research Ethos
- No user-level data sales. We will never sell individual data.
- No cross-app shadow tracking. No surveillance, no dark adtech.
- Research outputs are aggregated and anonymized, designed to support civic understanding, not individual profiling.
FAQ
Do I have to pay?
No. The app is free and every civic signal in it is free to view. You are only charged if you choose Premium, which starts with a 30-day free trial and then runs $1.99/month or $19.99/year for bookmarks, push notifications, saved stories, and a profile. Cancel before the Premium trial ends and you won't be billed.
Do you sell user data?
No. We will never sell user-level data or track users across other applications.
Is this partisan?
No. Civic Forecast is built for clarity and transparency, using public and research-grade sources across the civic ecosystem.
Who builds Civic Forecast?
Developed and published by Show Me Television. Data curated and technology developed by API Automations. Marketing and CTA by Leanback Digital.
Will you include ads?
The product is funded by the optional Premium upgrade, not by advertising. Any CPA placements would be selective and aligned with civic education and public-interest goals.