Comments on: IDEA #58 – Politics: Who Should You Vote For? http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/ web entrepreneur | obsessed music fan | b-lo forever! Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:32:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Julian http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/comment-page-1/#comment-23807 Julian Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:50:15 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=231#comment-23807 we already have that in Germany. its called wahl o mat http://www.wahl-o-mat.de/europa/ wahl means election we already have that in Germany. its called wahl o mat http://www.wahl-o-mat.de/europa/

wahl means election

]]> By: Cybercorrespondent http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Cybercorrespondent Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01:20 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=231#comment-1418 These two videos might help you decide who to vote for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRmB93McZeI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs These two videos might help you decide who to vote for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRmB93McZeI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

]]> By: Bob Ellsworth http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Bob Ellsworth Thu, 10 May 2007 21:58:06 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=231#comment-934 Voter.com tried this in 2000. Big, expensive ($20M) flop. The biggest problem is people are not really that interested in the details - they get most of their political information from friends, family, Leno and Daily Show and the assorted talking heads. Also, people tend to vote personalities these days in everything (how else can you explain Sanjya) and looking at something analytically would be the death of politics. These guys spend all their time purposely not giving you the details of how, but rather spend their time explaining why. The most effective way to get votes is still the people standing outside a polling place with the pieces of paper telling you who to vote for if you are an R or a D. In VA, where I live, George Allen lost a shoe-in campaign simply by saying Macaca - once he lost the stable R support, he was doomed. Voter.com tried this in 2000. Big, expensive ($20M) flop. The biggest problem is people are not really that interested in the details – they get most of their political information from friends, family, Leno and Daily Show and the assorted talking heads.

Also, people tend to vote personalities these days in everything (how else can you explain Sanjya) and looking at something analytically would be the death of politics. These guys spend all their time purposely not giving you the details of how, but rather spend their time explaining why.

The most effective way to get votes is still the people standing outside a polling place with the pieces of paper telling you who to vote for if you are an R or a D.

In VA, where I live, George Allen lost a shoe-in campaign simply by saying Macaca – once he lost the stable R support, he was doomed.

]]> By: Colin Dowling http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Colin Dowling Thu, 10 May 2007 17:24:26 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=231#comment-933 Additionally, one thing that could be very viable and would work much better in local elections would be to have network features that allowed candidates and their supporters to reach out to folks on the site. The flip side to all this is that I don't think there would be much frequency of use in a site like this. Politicians usually stay with the same platform, so if you entered your preferences and got your answer on who was most likely to represent you well, what reason would you have for ever coming back to the site? Additionally, one thing that could be very viable and would work much better in local elections would be to have network features that allowed candidates and their supporters to reach out to folks on the site.

The flip side to all this is that I don’t think there would be much frequency of use in a site like this. Politicians usually stay with the same platform, so if you entered your preferences and got your answer on who was most likely to represent you well, what reason would you have for ever coming back to the site?

]]> By: Colin Dowling http://blog.stevepoland.com/idea-58-politics-who-should-you-vote-for/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Colin Dowling Thu, 10 May 2007 17:21:46 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=231#comment-932 Not a bad idea, but I would be willing to bet there are a handful of sites that help match your interests to a certain candidate. If I recall correctly, Time/CNN had one in '04 with regard to the Dem primary where it would help you determine where a candidate's position was relative to your own interest. Not a bad idea, but I would be willing to bet there are a handful of sites that help match your interests to a certain candidate. If I recall correctly, Time/CNN had one in ‘04 with regard to the Dem primary where it would help you determine where a candidate’s position was relative to your own interest.

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