Apolitico
65,000 voters found clarity in one month.
A national election companion launched in under four weeks. One month later it became Costa Rica's default voter education tool, grounded in data, designed for trust, and still fast on any network.
Client
Apolitico
Role
Product, design, engineering
Timeline
2-week MVP, 4-week rollout
Stack
Preact / Supabase / Tailwind / Cloudflare
Outcomes
The project worked because every metric tied back to a civic outcome.
Apolitico needed to make election data easier to understand before voters went to the polls. The work combined product design, data modeling, quiz logic, responsive interface design, and a fast static architecture that could handle sudden attention.
65,000+
voters guided
Month-one audience across Costa Rica.
12,500+
quiz matches
Quiz completions powering alignment insights.
921,000+
requests processed
Sustained load spikes without downtime.
Outcomes that mattered
The platform grew from zero to more than 65,000 voters in the first month after launch. Voters used it to compare parties, understand policy positions, and complete a scored quiz before election day.
The quiz converted curiosity into 12,521 fully scored matches. Candidate and admin dashboards made updates manageable, while the static architecture sustained 921K civic data requests without downtime.
Traffic stayed meaningfully local, with roughly 85% of visitors inside Costa Rica and enough global attention to make the project visible outside the election cycle.
Engagement
Momentum without a media buy.
The quiz anchored the experience. Voters trusted the transparent scoring, shared matches across social, and funneled friends back into the product.
Testimonials
People told us it felt inevitable.
The most meaningful feedback came from citizens who finally understood every name on their ballot.
"This is the coolest site ever. I didn't even know this was possible. This site is A1."
"I've voted in three elections and for three elections I've had no idea who I was voting for, only their name. This site is a game changer."
"This site is amazing, guys! Those developers deserve a raise because it's a 10/10."
"What a great initiative this website is!"
The takeaway
Great civic UX is a growth lever.
Apolitico proves that when voters trust the interface, they bring the audience. Privacy-first data paired with clear storytelling gave the country a useful tool when it mattered.
Tech stack: Preact / Supabase / Tailwind / Cloudflare
Scale: 921K requests / 65K visitors / 12.5K quiz completions / 100/100 Best Practices