Liberopinion as an enabling platform for elections 2.0: a case study

Liberopinion as an enabling platform
for elections 2.0: a case study
www.liberopinion.pt
Pedro Agante
Libertrium
pedroagante@libertrium.com
Artur Afonso Sousa
ESTV
ajas@di.estv.ipv.pt
Luís Borges Gouveia
UFP
lmbg@ufp.edu.pt

Traditional interaction during campaign
Debates TV
TV clips
Campaign website
Facebook, twitter
Emails, calls
candidate
citizens
Emails, calls
Blogs
Facebook, twitter
citizens
candidate

A turning point – citizen engagement
Media interaction – debate Obama Mccain 2009:
- 6 million messages sent to the candidates before the debate

- 25000 questions registered in the official website
source: NBC

The objective
Improve interaction between candidates and citizens during the electoral period.
citizen and candidate centered platform
all stakeholders in a single place
multidirectional and networked communication
deliberation based on questions, suggestions, answers and electoral program
citizens
candidate

Liberopinion - Elections
Questions
&
Answers
Suggestions&
Comments
ElectoralPrograms

Interface

Interface – submit question

Interface - answers

Summary - How do citizens interact?
Citizens can:
formulate a question or suggestion
rate existing questions and suggestions
rate electoral programs
comment
publish in facebook and twitter

Summary - How do candidates interact?
Candidates can:
answer questions and comment suggestions
publish their electoral program
debate with other candidates
debate with citizens

Case study: the Portuguese 2009 elections
Beta version
Two versions, parliamentary and one local election
3000 unique visitors and 380 registered users
Parliamentary elections: 118 questions, 43 proposals, 1 active candidate
Viseu local elections: 2 active candidates answering almost all the questions (97% from a total of 33 questions)

Liberopinion in real-time - candidates

Conclusions
Early stage of adoption
Applications in e-democracy will become mainstream
Increasing human and financial resources allocated to
e-campaigning
High potential
Increased interest among smaller parties

Future work
Support for candidate-staff workflow and management
Management of Favorites
How to prevent duplicate questions and suggestions?
How to manage a large amount of questions and suggestions?

Thank y u
www.liberopinion.pt

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Liberopinion as an enabling platform for elections 2.0: a case study

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