Politics and Elections Blog
Trends, tools and news from the Google Politics & Elections team
Discussing innovation & democracy
Saturday, September 25, 2010
(Cross-posted on the
Official Google Blog
)
Over the past few U.S. election cycles, Google and YouTube have have become catalysts for a more engaging, meaningful dialogue between citizens and government leaders. From asking questions of candidates to finding your polling place, our tools are helping to make elections and politics more personal and more democratic, and have opened up Washington, D.C. in exciting new ways.
With less than six weeks until the midterm elections, we wanted to hear from some of politics’ most creative minds about what innovation and democracy mean in 2010. So on Monday we’re joining forces with POLITICO to host an event at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., where we’ll discuss the increasing contributions of technology to democracy and the political process.
As part of the event David Axelrod and Ed Gillespie will answer questions and offer thoughts and predictions about the upcoming elections. Arianna Huffington will then moderate a panel about innovation in media, and will be joined by
Becki Donatelli
,
Stephen Hayes
,
Nate Silver
and
Amy Walter
. We’ll also demonstrate tools built for citizens and government officials using YouTube and
Google Maps
, and will be joined by our friends on the politics team at Facebook.
The panelists want to hear from you, so if you’d like to submit a question for any of them, you can do so at
youtube.com/citizentube
. You’ll also be able to watch the entire event live on YouTube on Monday.
As we approach the election homestretch, we’ll continue to develop useful ways for voters and campaigns to engage one another around the important issues in 2010.
Posted by Ginny Hunt, Elections and Public Sector Programs
Helping Campaigns Get Online Faster
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thought experiment: You're running a campaign. You've seen the recent studies confirming that
online ads move poll numbers
, and you're pretty sure you need to start engaging and persuading people online. But as election day looms ever closer, you're not sure how you can do this effectively and efficiently.
Well, good news! Today, we're excited to launch a new tool that makes it easier than ever to leverage the power of Google to reach voters.
The
AdWords Campaign Starter Kit
does the hard work of building an online advertising campaign for you. You enter a few basic pieces of information about your candidate, select which issues the candidate is running on, and the Starter Kit automatically builds you an AdWords account so you can start connecting with voters online in less than an hour.
We're also pleased to premiere a revamped
Google Political Campaign Toolkit
site. Learn how online leaders like the Scott Brown for US Senate campaign and the SEIU have leveraged Google's tools to engage with voters. And see what well-run online campaigns are doing to engage voters and win in November.
Posted by Evan Rowe, Elections and Issue Advocacy Team
Information for Maryland Voters
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
If you're registered to vote in Maryland, there's a good chance you know that today is primary election day. If you're heading to the polls, you can use our
Google Election Center app
to find your polling place and get directions.
The app u
ses polling place information from the Maryland Board of Elections, contributed as part of the
Voting Information Project
.
This fall, we hope that all fifty states will make their polling place data available so that engineers like us can build more and better apps!
Posted by Dan Berlin, Public Sector Engineering Manager
Transparency, productivity and innovation - powered by Google
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Google supports government innovation with easy-to-use solutions that promote transparency and boost employee productivity, freeing up time to focus on your critical mission of serving the public. Google helps you:
Scale to meet even the largest challenge.
Deliver solutions quickly.
Reduce costs.
If you're attending the
Gov 2.0 Summit
, stop by our booth to learn more.
Posted by Dan Israel, Google Federal Enterprise
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