The political app will officially be available to the public in January of 2019. Politiscope has already raised over $500,000 in funding and is currently being beta-tested with users. This lets users draw their own conclusions through flexing their political literacy and exercising their voting rights. Users can directly contact politicians on the app and access the facts. Lastly, Politiscope aims to hold politicians accountable. The app also provides “Time to Vote!” notifications, as well as, maps of polling locations and information on transportation to and from polling locations. Politiscope is also aiming to provide users with a way to register to vote, by registering directly through the app. Users can also follow politicians and issues, analyze voting records, and compare voting records to campaign promises. Through the app, users can access simple bill breakdowns, as well as, track legislation from bills to laws. First, they hope to provide a solution for political literacy. Politiscope hopes to change the way Americans consume politics by providing a political app that directly addresses the four pillars to a thriving democracy. How Politiscope is Changing the Political Landscape These problems directly influenced the four pillars of a thriving democracy including a politically literate citizenry, high voter turnout, a high percentage of the population registered to vote, and accountable elected officials. Media coverage of politics is unnecessarily complex, bias, and deriving from no central source. Walter and his team at Politiscope saw that the problem with today’s politics is that politics are inaccessible. There were no “one-size-fits all” app for those looking to quickly view information about their local politicians. Others provided none and relied on user polls. Some apps only provided partial information about politicians and their voting history. While there are other political apps out there, none of them sought to deliver the information in a fast, easily digestible format. Additionally, in 2017 the Economist Intelligence Unit downgraded the US from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy”. This point was driven home during the 2016 Election when over 100 million voters chose not to vote. According to the Pew Research Center, 80% of American’s don’t trust the Federal Government to “do what’s right”. Walter saw the need for a mobile app to help inform all citizens after the 2016 Election. Just like how people can pull up a player’s profile and see their stats, he saw the need for the public to be able to pull up a politician’s profile and view their “stats”, including their voting record on key issues. The idea for Politiscope political app came from Walter’s football background. That is an issue former NFL player, Walter Powell, hopes to solve with the creation of his disruptive political app, Politiscope. Better yet, you are voting and do the “eenie, meenie, miney, mo” at the poll because you’ve never heard of anyone on the ballot. How many times have you been sitting at a dinner table or watching the news and someone mention’s a politician by name and you have wondered who they are talking about? Or, maybe you’ve heard the name but have no clue as to their stance on certain issues.
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