Better Choice
Problems We are Challenging:
- Information regarding local politics is not readily available
- Politics are very polarized today and people vote on one side of the ballot without considering the other
- Some people choose not not vote at all due to misconceptions
Statistics
- Only one in four people can name all three branches of the government (1)
- Only one in three people can name any branch of the government (1)
- In 2016 in North Carolina, the turnout percentage for the Primary Election was 35.69% (2)
Our Solution:
- Create an app and website to make non polarized political information regarding local or global politics readily available and increase voter turnout
- Make voters, especially millennials, more informed by providing a platform for information about local politics on their ballots based on location
What Our Product Does:
- Educates citizens
- Mobilizes voters and gives people reasons to vote
- Decreases bias when voting-- we purposefully do not include political parties in order to reduce bias
- Provide users with the information they need to make informed voting decisions
- Work with candidates, campaigns, communities, nonpartisan political groups to gather accurate data
Features
Home Tab:
- Presents an interactive map that goes to the desired location (defaults to current location) and displays icons of all candidates running locally
- Clicking on a specific candidate provides quick facts and relevant threads
- Have the option to "match" with a candidate and see how comparable you are with their ideas and stances
Quizzes Tab:
- Take quizzes in order to discover your stances on political issues
- Learn which candidate shares the most political stances as you
Threads Tab:
- Share accurate data through articles regarding local politics that can be posted by candidates, campaign projects, local communities, or nonpartisan political groups
- Comment and share thoughts regarding these posts
- Save articles to your profile
General Education Tab:
- Provides users with information regarding relevant political terms including a "Term of the Day"
- Search feature
Profile Tab:
- Displays a calendar based on the chosen location with all relevant dates including voter registration deadlines and voting periods
- Displays the user's political preferences
- Displays liked people and saved
- Displays saved articles
(1) According to a poll from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, 2017
(2) According to North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
