1 sentence that explains the value proposition of the application. How would you explain it to a potential business partner, team member, or investor?
An app that helps users find political candidates that best represent their political views, and see how those candidate's time in office matches their platform.
1-3 sentences describing the problem that you are trying to solve.
Voting in general is a daunting process, and reviewing unbiased information about candidates while voting is difficult. There are not many easy to use resources that pair an individual's political framework with the candidates that are running for office.
1-3 sentences describing how your application will solve that problem.
This app will use a variety of tools to build candidate profiles, and then allow users to take a survey to match them to the candidates with whom they have the most in common. It will also give them an idea of how many other users match with that candidate to mitigate the fear of wasting votes on non-traditional candidates.
1-3 sentences describing what type of user your app would be applicable to.
Ideally this app is targeted to everyone of voting age. The early market will likely be individuals 18 to 35 who have access to technology.
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Which APIs will you use? Propublica, Socrata, Watson API, possibly Google Maps
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Which OAuth integration are you planning to use? Facebook, Twitter, possibly Google