California U.S. House 12

Cards per candidate

• Lateefah Simon4 differentiating · 2 no-public-position
• Jamie Joyce4 differentiating · 3 no-public-position
• Shared positions (held by both)0
• Total cards shown in a session8

The session deck contains 8 cards. The public dataset contains 13 rows because it also includes 5 no-public-position coverage records; those are never shown as cards and exist for transparency about issue coverage.

Balance means structure, not valence: equal differentiating item counts per candidate and comparable issue coverage, neutrally framed. Kredulous does not force an equal mix of favorable and unfavorable items, does not suppress sourced items to make candidates look equally favorable, and does not invent criticism for symmetry. Where a candidate has no public position on a covered issue, the table says so explicitly.

Issue domains covered (5)

• Public safety and criminal justice
• Technology, privacy, and AI policy
• Governance and ethics
• Transportation and infrastructure
• Housing and cost of living

Source types

• Tier 2: Official government record3 cards
• Tier 3: Campaign finance record2 cards
• Tier 4: Candidate-owned source3 cards
• Tier 5: Nonpartisan aggregator or reputable secondary5 cards

• Official records (tiers 0 to 3)5 (38%)
• Candidate-stated (tier 4)3 (23%)
• Nonpartisan and secondary (tier 5)5 (38%)

Read the full source hierarchy

Archive status6 of 13 sources carry an archived snapshot. 7 have dated waivers logged while capture is retried; waiver notes are published in the dataset download.

Scoring method

Agree adds 1 point toward the candidate who holds the position. Disagree subtracts 1 point from that candidate, which in a two-candidate race counts as an item favoring the other candidate. Skip and unanswered items count 0 and are excluded from percentages. Positions both candidates share are shown and counted in your answered total but marked non-differentiating; they cannot move your result toward either candidate. Optional issue weights, when a user sets them, rescale only that user's own view and are always shown next to the unweighted result. Results are reported as ratios and percentages of answered items with a per-issue breakdown, and every per-item impact is listed in the results table. Kredulous never produces a single opaque score, never crowns a winner, and never names an ideal candidate.

Public dataset

Every published card and source in this race is available as a machine-readable download, so anyone can audit the coverage, sourcing, and wording.

Correction history

No corrections have been logged for this race yet. Anyone can flag a card from the results page; resolved reports appear here and in the public corrections log. Corrections and flag log

Known limitations

• A session covers 8 items. It is a structured sample of the public record, not a complete accounting of either candidate.
• Neutral wording is reviewed and linted, but neutrality judgments are made by people and can be flagged and corrected by anyone.
• Community results are self-selected Kredulous users, not a representative sample.