NEW YORK, July 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a
national election cycle with a significant amount of conversation
around the presumptive nominees for the presidency, many voters
will want to pay even closer attention to the U.S. Senate races and
their potential to impact the role of government. As
uncertainty looms over control of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. senate
race affords voters an opportunity to sway national politics this
November. VoterGuru, a New
York-based tech start up that matches users with political
candidates based on shared ideologies, today announces the
expansion of its platform to include U.S. Senate candidates.
"We are excited to announce U.S. Senate Matches," said Benjamin
Krakow, Co-Founder and CEO of VoterGuru. "With so much on the table
this November -- and the future of the country at stake -- we saw a
need to educate users about their U.S. Senate candidates. We saw a
tremendous number of Americans being matched with candidates during
the Presidential primaries, and want to continue educating people
to create an informed electorate."
In addition to presidential match-making, VoterGuru will now
also match users with U.S. Senate candidates for the majority of
states holding U.S. Senate elections this November. From the states
with expected toss-up races to the Arizona primary challenge Kelli Ward has mounted against incumbent
John McCain, VoterGuru is helping
users find their match.
"With so many U.S. Senate seats being challenged across States
such as Florida, Iowa, Illinois, New
Hampshire, Nevada,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, we see a new opportunity for
VoterGuru to continue to educate voters," continued Krakow. "For example, Evan Bayh recently announcing his U.S. Senate
seat candidacy, which directly challenges Todd Young in Indiana. Knowledge is power, yet many people
in Indiana may not understand the
importance of their vote."
Through VoterGuru, users are now able to identify the
presidential and U.S. Senate candidate with whom they most closely
align. Politically curious users can also discover how their views
stack up against U.S. Senate candidates in races outside their
state.
VoterGuru is a platform that helps users understand the
political candidate they most align with. Users take a quick survey
indicating their views, and through the VoterGuru algorithm, they
are able to understand which candidate they most align with and
why.
VoterGuru tracks voting records and public statements of
political candidates, and compares user inputs with politician
records to find the closest ideological match. In addition to
matching users with candidates, VoterGuru educates users on
political topics by explaining the ideological spectrum, from "very
liberal" to "very conservative," on specific issues, ranging from
abortion laws, to education policy, to privacy and more. A complete
list of U.S. Senate races and candidates is provided below.
Newly tracked candidates and U.S. Senate races:
- Richard Shelby, Republican,
AL
- Ron Crumpton, Democrat, AL
- John Boozman, Republican,
AR
- Conner Eldridge, Democrat,
AR
- Frank Gilbert, Libertarian,
AR
- John McCain, Republican, AZ
- Kelli Ward, Republican, AZ
- Ann Kirkpatrick, Democrat,
AZ
- Kamala Harris, Democrat, CA
- Loretta Sanchez, Democrat,
CA
- Richard Blumenthal, Democrat,
CT
- Dan Carter, Republican, CT
- Marco Rubio, Republican, FL
- Alan Grayson, Democrat, FL
- Patrick Murphy, Democrat,
FL
- Augustus Invictus, Libertarian, FL
- Johnny Isakson, Republican,
GA
- Jim Barksdale, Democrat, GA
- Chuck Grassley, Republican,
IA
- Patty Judge, Democrat, IA
- Mike Crapo, Republican, ID
- Jerry Sturgill, Democrat,
ID
- Tammy Duckworth, Democrat,
IL
- Mark Kirk, Republican, IL
- Todd Young, Republican, IN
- Evan Bayh, Democrat, IN
- Jerry Moran, Republican, KS
- Patrick Wiesner, Democrat,
KS
- Greg Orman, Independent, KS
- Rand Paul, Republican, KY
- Jim Gray, Democrat, KY
- Chris Van Hollen, Democrat,
MD
- Kathy Szeliga, Republican,
MD
- Richard Burr, Republican,
NC
- Deborah Ross, Democrat, NC
- John Hoeven, Republican, ND
- Eliot Glassheim, Democrat,
ND
- Kelly Ayotte, Republican,
NH
- Jim Rubens, Republican, NH
- Maggie Hassan, Democrat, NH
- Joe Heck, Republican, NV
- Catherine Cortez Masto,
Democrat, NV
- Chuck Schumer, Democrat, NY
- Wendy Long, Republican, NY
- Ted Strickland, Democrat,
OH
- Rob Portman, Republican, OH
- Ron Wyden, Democrat, OR
- Mark Callahan, Republican,
OR
- Katie McGinty, Democrat, PA
- Pat Toomey, Republican, PA
- Tim Scott, Republican, SC
- Thomas Dixon, Democrat, SC
- John Thune, Republican, SD
- Jay Williams, Democrat, SD
- Mike Lee, Republican, UT
- Misty Snow, Democrat, UT
- Patrick Peahy, Democrat, VT
- Scott Milne, Republican, VT
- Ron Johnson, Republican, WI
- Russ Feingold, Democrat, WI
About VoterGuru
Voter Guru, Inc. is an early stage
consumer technology start-up. Based in New York, it was
founded by two young entrepreneurs, Ben Krakow and Ben Atkins.
The company is a winner of the 2015 Dunes of Dreams start-up
competition held by Horizon Media and is a graduate of Horizon
Media's inaugural incubator program. VoterGuru's mission is to
educate and inform a new generation of voters through its simple
and intuitive interface. By analyzing public statements and voting
records, the non-partisan company matches individuals with
political candidates based on their ideologies and personal
beliefs. For more information, please
visit www.voter.guru.
Contact
info@voterguru.com
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