Demographic 8-BallGlobal Editors Network Hackday Project

Tagline

“How much do our background shape our opinions and our habits? See where you fit in to America's demographic mixing bowl.”

Editorial Value

CAN DO:!Multiple demos → Single question!

e.g. Black, female, 30s, married!!CAN’T DO:!Multiple questions → Single demo!

e.g. Obama supporter, believes abortion should be legal, only private companies should provide health care

Demohttp://dev.futuraprime.net/editors_lab/

http://dev.futuraprime.net/editors_lab/race.html

Possible Users

Possible Users

• Regular people who want to see how their views align!• Politicians to see who their platform appeals to, and where it needs work!• News editors, when selecting stories for publication, might ask what types of people those will

appeal towards

Next Version

Search for poll questions

“You’re a news editor. You’re going to publish a story on abortion, a story on Twitter and a story on Obamacare.”!!Search for related poll questions, and build a profile to see what demographics those stories appeal to.