Policy Local: 10 things we learned from surveying thousands of local election candidatesBoomers versus zoomers, the great uncontested swathes, and what makes Greymouth special. Policy Local was made possible thanks to Google News Initiative, Meredith Connell, Spinoff Members and Jenny Sutton. With the votes now counted for the local… Oct 25 19October 25, 2019Article at The Spinoff
What NZ First voters really want and four other blinding insights from the Policy dataThe election campaign saw more 120,000 visits to Policy, our tool for comparing parties’ positions, leaving behind an incredible trove of user data. So what can it tell us about the big coalition questions? The Policy team get out their… Oct 09 17October 09, 2017Article at The Spinoff
Don’t vote based on policy, say the people who created PolicySince the Policy tool launched on the Spinoff last month, its creators have watched people arrive by the tens of thousands to learn about the parties’ positions. What lessons have they drawn? There’s a right way and a wrong way to think about… Sep 20 17September 20, 2017Article at The Spinoff
