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