Candidly, a (hopefully) better way to learn about politicians
Hey HN! I've been wondering for a while how we might be able to make the process of evaluating the politicians we vote for more transparent. In the most recent SF election- for example- I only really had a few promotional websites and some loose policy statements to go off of. This seems quite inefficient, especially considering how much signal- social media posts, policy decisions, interviews- exists on the internet for each politician. So, I put together Candidly (https://votecandidly.com/) as an experiment (for now, it only has information on the candidates for SF's…
Candidly, a (hopefully) better way to learn about politicians launched on April 17, 2024 with 5 votes, #1,789 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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Hey HN! I've been wondering for a while how we might be able to make the process of evaluating the politicians we vote for more transparent. In the most recent SF election- for example- I only really had a few promotional websites and some loose policy statements to go off of. This seems quite inefficient, especially…
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