# Democratic Capabilities Gap Map

> The Democratic Capabilities Gap Map is a living resource created by the AI & Democracy Foundation for mapping out the critical gaps — in tools, research, and practice — that prevent high-quality democratic deliberation from scaling, especially for decisions about AI governance.

## Notes


## Main Resources

The following is a list of resources that you can make use of to assist the users in exploring or building with this data. We have also included rough estimates about the sizes of each input so you can be mindful of context length limits, etc. when determining which are worth using.

- [About](https://democracy.build/about/): About page explaining the Democratic Capabilities Gap Map.
- [One-pager HTML](https://democracy.build/data/gap-map.html): One-pager HTML containing most of the key data in the gap map with links that can be followed to get details. Useful for direct interaction with the data and interactive question answering.
- [JSON Dataset](https://democracy.build/data/gap-map-v2026-jun.json): One JSON file containing all of the gap map data. Useful for programmatic access such as building scripts / tools to operate on the data (less ideal for reading).
- [JSON Schema](https://democracy.build/data/gap-map-v2026-jun.schema.json): A small json-schema file that describes the gap map data JSON file.

## Optional or Related Resources

- [Democracy Levels Framework](https://democracylevels.org/): The Democracy Levels Framework provides concrete language and practical tools for devolving decision-making power.