Introducing the Election Integrity Watch Dashboard
Real-time risk intelligence for American democracy
It is called Election Integrity Watch (EIW). You can explore it now at:
This is not a think piece.
It is not a vibes tracker.
It is not another partisan scoreboard pretending to be analysis.
It is a live risk system.
What EIW actually does
Election Integrity Watch is a real-time dashboard designed to answer a simple question:
How healthy is American democracy right now, and where is it under stress?
We track that through six continuously updated systems:
ELECTCON™ Alert Level
A composite threat indicator ranging from Normal to Critical. Think DEFCON, but for democratic stability.National Political Landscape
AI-scored analysis of key actors and institutions based on whether their actions are stabilizing or destabilizing democratic norms.Contributing Conditions
The underlying environment. Economy. Media ecosystem. Civic infrastructure. The conditions that make democracy resilient or brittle.Battleground State Monitor
Real-time risk scoring across the states that will decide 2026 and beyond. Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada.International Context
Because threats do not stop at our borders. Foreign interference, global democratic trends, and geopolitical pressure all feed into the system.Live News Ticker
Continuous ingestion from major sources, filtered through a risk lens, not a partisan one.
Why this exists
Because the current information environment is broken.
Right now, donors chase headlines.
Activists chase outrage.
Consultants chase billable hours.
And almost nobody is measuring actual impact or risk in a structured way.
We have polling.
We have pundits.
We have hot takes.
What we do not have is a unified, real-time signal that tells us:
Where the pressure points are
Whether conditions are improving or deteriorating
What actually matters versus what just trends
That gap is not theoretical. It is operational. And it is dangerous.
So we built EIW to fill it.
What makes this different
Three things:
1. It is continuous, not episodic
This updates hourly. Not after the fact. Not after the election. Not after the damage is done.
2. It is structured, not emotional
Everything rolls into a system. Scores. Signals. Inputs. Outputs. No hand waving.
3. It is decision-focused
This is built for people who need to decide where to put money, time, attention, and pressure.
If you are a donor, strategist, journalist, or operator, this is meant to be useful, not entertaining.
This is a beta
Let’s be clear.
This is version one.
Some scores will be wrong.
Some signals will be noisy.
Some things will break.
That is not a flaw. That is the process.
We will refine the weighting.
We will improve the inputs.
We will tighten the signal-to-noise ratio.
And we will do it in the open.
What comes next
Over the next phase, we will:
Expand state-level modeling beyond the core battlegrounds
Introduce donor impact overlays
Track consultant performance against outcomes
Build alerting for rapid-response scenarios
Layer in proprietary data sources where they add signal
This becomes more powerful over time. Not less.
Why it matters
We are heading into 2026 with:
Elevated institutional distrust
Fragmented media ecosystems
Increasingly asymmetric political tactics
And a donor class that is still flying blind
That combination is combustible.
If you cannot measure risk, you cannot manage it.
If you cannot see the system, you cannot influence it.
EIW is an attempt to make the invisible visible.
Take a look
Click this purple button to have a look:
Spend five minutes with it.
Then tell us what is wrong. What is missing. What is useful.
Because the goal here is not to be right once.
The goal is to build something that gets sharper, faster, and more indispensable every day we get closer to 2026.
—
David B. Wheeler
American Muckrakers
About the Author
David B. Wheeler is President and Co-Founder of American Muckrakers and leads Parallax Advisory, a firm focused on political, regulatory, and reputational risk. He has spent four decades building organizations, executing complex projects across seven continents, and operating at the intersection of power, narrative, and outcomes.
Disclaimer
This publication is for informational and commentary purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice.