Politigo

Group 5 presented Politigo. This is an app that was created to educate and inform voters on political parties and candidates running for office. This is a great way for voters to really know their candidates and where they side on political issues. We saw that in this past election, a lot of people did not vote, as they thought that both candidates were not good. With this app voters, will really know who to vote for according to what they believe in through interactive quizzes that you can take by answering simple questions to see where you stand on current political issues. It also has a news feed page. In this page, you will be able to see unbiased news, that according to Group 3, algorithms and other techy stuff will be able to filter biased news based on keywords and other statements found in articles. Today, almost all news sources present biased articles or news, with strong opinions against and for certain political issues and figures. Having factual news that are not influenced by political parties or other companies founding candidates, is a great way to be informed and will actually help when choosing who to vote for.

            Although this app is great, I would recommend a few things. In addition to having presidential candidates here, the app should also include local candidates. This way people who are unhappy with the results of this past election will able to make a change and keep fighting for what they believe in starting with their community.  Also, it would be good have an option to help people with voter registration. This past year, I saw a lot of sites, social media pages, and TV shows promoting sites where they help you registering to vote. This option will be very helpful. A “get involved” option would be a great addition to the app to show citizen where they can go to support their candidates or where rallies will help.

            All in all, this is a great app that will be very useful for people, especially young voters. I will definitely use this app to stay informed and recommend it to friends a family.  

Politigo Review

The app Politigo caught my attention with its name. In Spanish, "contigo" means with you; I thought Politigo was very creative and catchy. I liked how its features were made for common people instead of appealing to just certain groups. It would certainly benefit all those members of our society who are both uninformed and disconnected about presidential candidates. Personally, I would have downloaded for this past election because I was never up to speed with it. Politics is not my area of interest, so to have this app readily available for me to discover each campaign would have been a life saver. Last semester during election time, I hated not knowing what was going on and hearing everyone talk about a topic that I was unfamiliar with made me lost. It is very important that everyone understands who it is that they are voting for and what attributes apply to each. I thought that their choice of infographics makes the information easier to understand and the general public can certainly understand. 

I was a bit confused about how the information for each candidate was composited in their dot system, but the topics they chose of taxes, guns, and abortion were certainly major areas of interest for the public. I would also suggest adding immigration into one of the areas because it was one of the major topics in this election. 

If this were a working app I would definitely suggest it to family and friends who were planning on voting. It would guarantee reliable information with their unbiased generator that uses information from various parties. Who wouldn't want political information that is completely objective and to the point?

This app would open up new possibilities by impacting society's misinformed voters. Also, within the app, user can be trust that the positions are not funded by campaign affiliated donors. Politigo could possibly change the way people view elections as either resulting in a democrat or republican president. Perhaps, in the future third parties can be given a better chance at winning with the appropriate recognition through the app. Who is to say that a new rising party can't be a better choice than our traditional choices. Change can be positive, especially in today's day where everything has become corrupted or flawed over the years. I can imagine this app providing the next election with new opportunity and giving the spotlight to those parties that truly deserve it.