Just absolutely the purest form of information relayed by our civil workers. Truest form of a non-opinionated information based service for the people! As I have read somewhere it is “Captain America captaining America”(I know I brought it up😒)! Thank you Chris and Mark for allowing me and everyone else to learn from the people we vote for. I have officially started to vote because of this app! Few years ago I went to vote however I had no real information regarding the candidates. The voters office told me to read synopsis’ and check news outlets to learn more about the candidates. Based on my research and the information I found that was not going to work for me. Luckily, “A Starting Point” has the topics for which I can learn about, directly from the people that are apart of those decisions. A side note is I find it interesting some of the way the speakers counter as they don’t seem to process the information from the other individual, as they seem to have made up there minds a little bit already(on both sides, then again if we all sat around philosophizing would anything get done). We have to be prepared for the unknown by unknowing everything we think is true. That being said I can be overwhelmingly one sided! Again thank you so much for this platform of pure information!!! Evolution of transparency at it’s core!

This platform is amazing, and it’s something I’ve been looking for for a long while now. As a political science major, I understand the importance of getting as many people as possible actively involved in politics, but in a productive way that most conventional platforms and news sources don’t quite facilitate. A Starting Point does exactly what most conventional news media does not, it gets people involved and offers concise, focused, and well-rounded points on the most relevant issues, from both sides of the political spectrum. Some average citizens outright avoid politics because they find it too divisive and complicated to sift through biased news sources and strong public opinions, but this platform cuts out the middlemen and allows politicians to directly, but concisely, communicate their ideas major political issues with the general public. It also encourages people to more easily listen to politicians with views that may differ from their own in a more controlled, and less politically biased, environment than most traditional types of reporting, which is incredibly important for bridging the current gap between the two sides of the aisle and working toward a more productive political climate for our country.I’m so invested in politics, as I hope to one day enter the field myself, but I often find it frustrating how complicated and toxic it can seem to most other people. I have difficulty getting my friends and family as energized about educating themselves and getting involved as I am, but I think this app can really help change that. It makes politics, and more importantly the politicians themselves, way more accesible, and provides a forum that’s engaging, easy to use, and educational, and I cannot wait to share it with my family and friends.

This app is designed well, but more importantly it addresses the biggest issue our nation faces head on - a disengaged public. With so much bipartisan fighting, it can be daunting to join in and be engaged. There is a feeling of pressure to pick a side and vote on the issues along party lines, rather than becoming informed and making decisions that we as an individual feel are correct. The information here is presented in a clear, yet concise way that is engaging and promotes discussion. It literally is “a starting point” for those who don’t know where to jump in. You can begin to learn about the complex issues facing the country today and hear from both sides of the aisle. I hope this gains vast followers and changes how we as Americans participate in our democracy. We should be able to be civil with each other, discuss issues at hand and make educated decisions, after all, those decisions can impact generations to come. I feel this app/site does all of this. Fingers crossed that it continues to grow and our elected officials continue to participate 👍

In a world where moderates are considered indecisive and where politics have become meshed with science, education, faith, health, and our sense of selves in a way our nation has not seen for many years, even the concept of an unbiased news feed is a novelty. The only way to be certain that what you hear is not being put through someone else’s filter is to hear it from the source. In politics, that is the politicians. Not their party, not a journalist who is interpreting the information, and certainly not from random people on the Internet who have an opinion that may or may not be informed. This app has the potential to help deep polarized politics by allow them the opportunity for officials to share their perspective in a tight enough timeframe that they really have to stick to their main bullet points and not wander off into partisan language. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Just when I thought there was a little hope of reconciliation in the near future, or any acceptance of a moderate like me.