SOCIALVOTE BRINGS BIG TIME POLITICS TO THE LITTLE GUY
Released on: October 28, 2007, 9:25 pm
Press Release Author: MEDIAFILL LLC
Industry: Internet & Online
Press Release Summary: With the launch of SocialVote.com a small team of entrepreneurs looks to give political power back to the people.
Press Release Body: Walnut Creek, CA, (EXPRESS PRESS RELEASE) Oct 29, 2007 - Growing up in a small town in the State of Hawaii the founder of SocialVote.com never thought he would be in a position to impact his country. At one time an avid follower of politics and current events, Arnott found himself slowly starting to drift away. After 9/11 the country looked to its\' leaders to make our world right again. After the endless bad news on the war, people losing their jobs, and an utter feeling of discontentment, Arnott decided it was easier to just unplug.
\"I used to be glued to the 24 hour news networks to see what was happening next. After a while, all I saw was bad news, corruption, war, and despair. So I decided it was just better to turn it off.\"
After years of disconnect, he tried to reinvigorate his thirst for what was going on with his country, and around the world. \"I turned on the TV, and after about an hour of hearing about Anna Nicole Smith I was ready to pull my hair out. I\'m mean it\'s tragic, and it is news, but hours on end? Right then and there I decided that something needed to be done.\"
SocialVote.com was born out of this need for truth, the need for the common folk to have a say in what others read and believe. SocialVote uses a popular web 2.0 technique that allows users to post and then vote on political news. It\'s a truly democratic way to make and consume news. \"I\'m not going to let some multi billion dollar cooperation tell me who I need to vote for. I want an open exchange of information and ideas that are unbiased, from my friends, neighbors, and people around the word\", says Arnott.
Along with the website, SocialVote is available as a Facebook application that allows users to vote on their favorite candidates for President, and then invite their friends to do the same. \"This will be a truly unique way to see how the political process will work on a digital medium. After the election is over we can look at the data and see how close it came to what really happened at the polls.\"
To have fun with the politics surrounding the election, the SocialVote team included comedian Stephen Colbert, who recently announced that he would be a presidential candidate. Along with all the serious stuff that people need to know about the candidates, the Facebook app has some funny tidbits, like the fact that Dennis Kucinich has a few family pets: Harry the beagle-basset, Lucie the beagle and George the cocker spaniel. Did you know that Barack Obama is a smoker?
Will the folks at SocialVote make a difference in the 2008 election? I know the founders would like to think so... well what are you waiting for? Get to the virtual polls and vote for the candidate of your choice. The SocialVote application can be added at http://apps.facebook.com/socialvote, and the SocialVote site is at http://socialvote.com.
Web Site: http://socialvote.com
Contact Details: Box 343 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (925)-270-0460