That's not enough to interest venture capitalists in a b2b Web site. The truth is that in politics, everything is subsidized. There's abundant passion, but you can't live on it. Political expertise can be retailed to members of unions, corporations and interest groups if you bring it to bear on local issues. You can also use syndication to bring these sites the initial content they'll need to be complete from day one.
Campaign management is expensive.
The costs of collecting and analyzing information make it a local business, except in statewide races. Ralph, make yourself a Web consultant. Build Global, Act Local. A union or interest group that wants to influence a local race can bring their Web expertise down to that level. Put a few good people on the ground, set the volunteers up on a network, and organize things down to the block.