Andrew Gray about Suffrago and how to use the wisdom of people's voices for politics
Ep. 18

Andrew Gray about Suffrago and how to use the wisdom of people's voices for politics

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Episode description

Andrew Gray is co-founder of Suffrago, a civic tech platform providing politicians with anonymized polling data, specific to their constituency. With his background in politics and law he is passionate about changing democracy for the better. He was especially amazed by how Polis is collecting wisdom from crowds, which had influence on Suffrago.

0:00Intro
0:23About Sepfrago
6:46Connecting politicians with democratic innovators
8:45About collecting wisdom with Polis
14:32Personal background
19:08Stories from using Polis
26:04The importance of anonymity
30:28Anonymity and trust in Sepfrago
33:46Politicians should use polling data for decisions
38:00Evolving politics vs. Revolution
41:37What are you struggling with?
44:40Final message