For Journalists

VoteValue Press Kit

Everything you need to write about VoteValue, in one place. For interviews, quotes, or additional materials, contact us using the addresses at the bottom of this page.

Registered users

States with active users

163K+

U.S. precincts covered

Legislative levels scored

Boilerplate (one paragraph)

VoteValue is a nonpartisan civic transparency platform that helps voters across the United States understand the political power of their address. It produces a personalized VoteValue Index (VVI) score for every legislative district that represents a given address — from the U.S. House down to the state delegate level — based on competitiveness, gerrymander risk, turnout patterns, and representation weight. The platform covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with over 163,000 precincts in its database. It also includes an interactive map, a community-driven Marketplace for redistricting proposals, a head-to-head Compare tool, and a public Gerrymander Guesser game that builds a community ELO rating for each district.

Founder

Maneesh Vaddi — junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Northern Virginia. Research on gerrymandering's mathematical signatures (SEIR-GA, a coupled ODE model) was conducted through GMU's ASSIP program and published in the GMU Journal of Student-Scientist Research. Has presented at SIMIODE EXPO 2026, IMSSRS 2026, and spoken at the United Nations ECOSOC Chamber and the Right Here, Right Now Global Youth Climate Summit (Oxford Saïd × UN OHCHR).

Full background on the about page.

Engagement summary

VoteValue has been demoed to multiple Virginia state legislative offices on a bipartisan basis, a federal congressional office, and a state STEM education advisory board.

Specific names and direct quotes can be provided on request, with permission of the source.

Screenshots

High-resolution versions available on request.

VVI score for any U.S. address

Interactive district map

Gerrymander Guesser → Perception ELO

Press coverage

No external coverage yet. This section will list third-party features as they're published.

Contact

Press inquiries

votevalueteam@gmail.com

General inquiries