Its safe to say that US citizens live in a time of extreme political dissatisfaction, but in order to change that they need to know who to take to task. Users type in their address or zip code, and the site pulls up a list of their elected officials in a sleek, polished interface — starting with local representatives and running all the way up to the residents of the White House. Built by UK design firm Bow Arrow, its a demonstration of the power of Googles Civic Information API (the company counts the search giant as a client). The API originally launched back in 2012, when it was geared towards providing information on polling places in anticipation of the then-upcoming presidential election.
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