How might this election change our country's policy on the environment? At enviroVOTE.us, we show you the potential impact of this election by reporting how people are voting for candidates endorsed by environmental groups.
The centerpiece of the Web site is a large meter that fills up based on the number of newly elected candidates with environmental credentials. We are also comparing this year's election with previous elections to see if the new crop of law-makers are greener then the last. Think environmintier officials to freshen the breath of the country.
Drill down through the site and find the meters for the results in specific states. Look at individual races to see what endorsements the candidates received and find out more about each candidate.
Here's how the meter started running.
A week ago, my j-school programmer cohort, Brian Boyer, and I started putting our heads together on this project. He wanted to find a cool way to display election results for our newsroom. I was planning to do the same for key races as a way to measure the impact of the environmental endorsements on elections and future policy.
We decided to use the endorsements from prominent environmental groups to rate the candidates, and use that information to show how 'green' the country is as election results come in.
Using Project Vote Smart, we were able to find data for for all the house, senate and gubernatorial elections that form the basis of the site. We scoured the Web for endorsement information, and with three full days of programming, whipped up enviroVOTE.us.
Enjoy!
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