Mobilize Your Democratic Friends to Vote in the Next Elections With This App
If last year’s presidential election taught us anything, it is the importance of voting. Whatever your political views, voting is important, and we should all encourage our friends and family to do so. Now there is an app for that.
Outvote is an iOS and Android app that cross-references the contacts on your phone with public voting records and gives you an idea of your friends’ voting habits. Obviously, you won’t be able to see how they voted in the recent election, but if they haven’t voted for a while, you will see sleeping emojis next to their names, a clear sign that you should propose to the car parker. medium-term.
Then, from the application, you can write to your friends and invite them to go to the polls or vote for a specific candidate. The idea is that your friend is more likely to leave if they receive a message from a friend than if they receive a message from a random campaign employee. You can also use the app to search for candidates and find out what elections in your area could potentially be changed.
There is only one catch: only registered Democrats are shown here.
This is a bummer for people who might prefer a different party. The founders told NPR that their goal was to “create a brand that excited people and a community that wants to make a difference this September,” something they thought would be difficult to do by serving both sides of the aisle. …
It could also be very annoying. There is no way in the app to see who the text message has already been sent to, so if you have multiple friends using the app who are inspired by texting their friends, there is a risk that you will get tons of texts reminding you to get into polls, not just one. …
However, many elections are won or lost with just a handful of votes. This means that if you actually mobilize a group of friends who may not have voted and invite them to the polls, you can literally single-handedly change the outcome of your local elections.