Strata - Get the (Data) Vote Out

June 20 2012 webinar

Transcript

1. Organizing Your Voting Power Thursday, June 14, 12
2. Campaign spend epochs $500M $5 B $12 B TELEVISION 60s 80s 08 12 DIRECT MAIL $2.5 B TV: 50% Direct Mail: 23% Other: 27% Thursday, June 14, 12
3. We have the best congress gov’t money can buy. Thursday, June 14, 12
4. Swing Voters 1 M voters decided the 2008 Presidential Thursday, June 14, 12
5. 2004: My first activism Thursday, June 14, 12
6. Social Influence • Avg 400 connections per user • Avg 50 voters per user • Many w/ 1000+ voters per user Thursday, June 14, 12
7. Social Influence • Avg 400 connections per user • Avg 50 voters per user • Many w/ 1000+ voters per user In 2008, Missouri was decided by 5000 voters. Thursday, June 14, 12
8. Voter Roll: first_name: JEREMY middle_name: GLEN last_name: DUNCK address: ... KESTREL DR city: MESQUITE Near-term • Tie voters to social networks • Rank connections based on likely sway • Tooling for activists/campaigners • Track swayed votes as political capital Facebook: name: Jeremy Dunck, dob: 1900-9-23, email: jdunck@gmail.com, city: Mountain View, state: CA Thursday, June 14, 12
9. Mid-term • Cross-network ties / density • Recruit hubs • Transparent political machines (I couldn’t resist) Thursday, June 14, 12
10. Long-term • Grow viable candidates • Provide an alternative to 2-party system • Provide forum for nuanced debate Thursday, June 14, 12
11. Links http://bit.ly/freethefiles http://bit.ly/jdunck-strata http://bit.ly/jdunck-strata-hiring Thursday, June 14, 12